1/24/2018 Reasons for Food Law Corrupted milk|How melamine got into China's dairy products: Intentional Adulteration acts intended to cause wide-scale harm to public health,including acts of terrorism targeting the food supply 2007,animal illness and death was linked to pet food from China Also linked to dairy products sold for human consumption Renal failure due to contamination of the food by melamine NH, Melamine used as fake protein and fat Main use is to make plastic HN N NH Melamine Industrial chemical abused by food producers Reasons for Food Laws Food Emergency Response Network-FERN integrates the nation's food-testing laboratories at the local,state,and federal levels into a network that responds to emergencies involving biological, chemical,or radiological contamination of food FERN structure is organized to ensure federal and state inter-agency participation and cooperation in the formation,development,and operation of 9 the network.1/24/2018 3 Intentional Adulteration acts intended to cause wide-scale harm to public health, including acts of terrorism targeting the food supply 2007, animal illness and death was linked to pet food from China • Also linked to dairy products sold for human consumption • Renal failure due to contamination of the food by melamine • Melamine used as fake protein • Main use is to make plastic Reasons for Food Law Reasons for Food Laws Food Emergency Response Network - FERN • integrates the nation's food-testing laboratories at the local, state, and federal levels into a network that responds to emergencies involving biological, chemical, or radiological contamination of food • FERN structure is organized to ensure federal and state inter-agency participation and cooperation in the formation, development, and operation of the network