Food Products Due to the Presence of Melamine and/or Melamine Analogs

Why FDA issued it

Note: The revision of this Import Alert (IA) dated 11/19/2018 updates the reason for the alert, guidance (specifically, removal from DWPE), agency contacts, charge code language, PAF, and the product description section. Changes are bracketed by asterisks (***). In September 2008, FDA became aware of thousands of infant illnesses in China associated with the consumption of infant formula suspected of containing melamine. As recently as October 1, 2008, reports indicated there have been over 53,000 illnesses, nearly 13,000 hospitalizations, 100 seriously ill cases and at least four infant deaths in China. As a result, the U.S. and other countries have been sampling and testing infant formula, milk-derived ingredients, and finished food products containing milk. Information received from a number of sources, and from a number of different countries, indicates a wide range and variety of pr

Quoted from the “Reason for Alert” section of the FDA page for 99-31, mirrored 30 August 2026. The quotation is truncated at the length this copy carries.