Melamine contamination in nutritional supplements - Is it an alarm bell for the general consumer, athletes, and 'Weekend Warriors'?

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Gabriels, Gary ^a   Lambert, Mike ^a   Smith, Pete ^a   Wiesner, Lubbe ^a   Hiss, Donavon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cyanuric acid; Information labels and warnings; Laboratory screen testing; Nutritional supplements; Pesticides; Protein; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

MELAMINE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG LABELING; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POWDER; SOUTH AFRICA; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL FOOD; ATHLETE; CHINA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PRODUCT SAFETY; STANDARDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; SUIDAE;

ANIMAL FEED; ATHLETES; CHINA; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; SOUTH AFRICA; TRIAZINES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84937136896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12937-015-0055-7     Document Type: Article

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