Agriculture Department Finds Melamine in Crackers
Posted by Administrator (admin) on Mar 31 2009 at 1:49 PM
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The Minnesota Agriculture Department is warning consumers to avoid eating Fortuna brand sugar crackers as lab tests found they contain melamine.

The department asked everyone that bought the crackers to throw them away.

According to the department, the dangerous industrial chemical was found in products collected from Dragon Star grocery store in St. Paul. It’s an Indonesian company that imported the crackers to the U.S.

The department is in an extensive search for Fortuna products in other stores around the state.

Melamine is a white crystalline chemical, which is generally combined with formaldehyde to produce melamine resin, a very durable synthetic polymer. It has been linked to severe health problems in human beings. Melamine exposure may lead to kidney and urinary tract problems.

So far, no problems have been reported after eating the crackers.

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