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According to information provided by the World Health Organization on the 4th, the United Nations responsible for the development of international food safety standards of the Codex Alimentarius Commission for melamine in milk set a new standard, future per kilogram of liquid milk melamine content shall not exceed 0.15 mg.

Codex Alimentarius Commission, said the melamine content of the new standards will help governments to better protect the interests of consumers and health

Codex Alimentarius Commission required two years ago, the content of melamine per kilogram of milk used in the manufacture of milk up to a maximum of more than 1 mg of other foods, the melamine content shall not exceed 2.5 mg per kg.

Melamine is an organic material, widely used in plastics, adhesives, kitchen countertops, cutlery. The milk producers had been blended with water to the raw milk to increase volume. Diluted milk, milk protein content decreased. Milk processing company in the next step, generally detected by measuring the nitrogen content of milk protein content.

Therefore, adding melamine can increase the level of nitrogen content of the milk protein level resulting in unrealistically high. Adding melamine to the food never won the approval of the United Nations Codex Alimentarius Commission. Food production companies had illegally melamine added to food in order to significantly increase the protein content.

FAO and the World Health Organization in 1963, the International Codex Alimentarius Commission, the Department of the joint establishment of institutions responsible for coordinating inter-governmental food standards, the establishment of international standards on food system.