EFSA provisional statement on a request form the European Commission related to melamine and structurally related to compounds such as cyanuric acid in protein‐rich ingredients used for food and feed

Editorial: EFSA's Food and Feed Safety Crisis Preparedness and Response

“…To date, the majority of requests have been linked to chemical contaminants, with the exception of the STEC outbreak and the case of the non-zoonotic animal health infectious agent 'Schmallenberg' virus in ruminants (EFSA, 2012). The incidents involving chemicals were melamine in food and feed (EFSA, 2007), mineral oil in sunflower oil (EFSA, 2008a), melamine in infant milk and composite foods (EFSA, 2008b), dioxins in pork meat (EFSA, 2008c), 4-methylbenzophenone in breakfast cereals (EFSA, 2009a), nicotine in wild mushrooms (EFSA, 2009b), chlormequat in table grapes (EFSA, 2010a), and volcanic ash (EFSA, 2010b).…”