Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.宣布已启动了一项计划，旨在协助政府和商业食品测试实验室开发和实施从中国进口的食品产品中的三聚氰胺分析方法。这项新计划是针对美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）最近发出的警报的回应。
美国FDA进口警报＃99-30阐述了需要“由于存在三聚氰胺和/或三聚氰胺类似物的存在，需要拘留“不对所有牛奶产品，牛奶衍生成分和含有牛奶的成品食品进行拘留”。
预计该警报将对食品生产商和零售商施加新的压力，并增加商业实验室及时测试的需求。该警报包括针对产品测试的具体准则以及在发布被拘留产品之前需要满足的要求。
"Thermo Fisher Scientific is able to provide a complete testing solution – including sample preparation, instrumentation, consumables and methods support – necessary to enable a laboratory to perform the sample analysis according to FDA alert requirements,” said Marc N. Casper, chief operating officer of Thermo Fisher Scientific.
“我们正在利用食品安全专家的知识以及我们广泛的技术和服务组合来开发新的测试方法，以增加样品吞吐量，并确保三聚氰胺测试既快速又彻底。”三聚氰胺是一种廉价的工业化学化学物质，主要用于塑料制造，而三聚氰胺的副产品已与食物污染有关，主要与牛奶基产品和食品添加剂相关。三聚氰胺可添加以增加感知的牛奶蛋白质含量产品。
Humans and animals cannot metabolize melamine and cyanuric acid, which can eventually crystallize in the kidneys, resulting in a variety of illnesses; melamine contamination has also been linked to several deaths in China. While the current FDA alert is focused on milk and milk-based products, melamine has also been found in pet foods, eggs and produce.