FDA Hid Names of Melamine Contaminated Infant Formula Products from the Public

Peter Rost for FDA Commissioner. It is going to take proven whistle blower to clean up this disaster.

FDA Hid Names of Melamine Contaminated Infant Formula Products from the Public

by Mike Adams
November 27, 2008

When the FDA discovered melamine in U.S. infant formula products, it made a conscious decision to withhold that information from the public. Instead, it called a teleconference with the infant formula manufacturers to warn them about its findings!

The truth about the melamine only became public after the Associated Press filed a Freedom of Information Act request, demanding the test results from the FDA. Absent that request, this whole issue would have continued to remain an FDA secret.

In the aftermath of that decision, the FDA is now under intense fire for once again betraying the public trust and acting to protect the interests of corporations rather than the people. Congress, public health groups and consumer advocate (like me) are blasting the FDA for utterly disregarding public safety and catering (once again) to the financial interests of the companies it regulates...