Are products made from Melamine safe?

[Amy SF]

Melamine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There's a serving tray being sold on Amazon I'm thinking of buying, but it's made from Melamine. I'm hesitating. Am I being too paranoid? Are kitchen items made from Melamine generally safe? Would Melamine be risky to one 's health only if it's added directly to food, or is there some risk of Melamine "leaching" into food?

 

[MadamSarcastra]

WHO | Questions and Answers on melamine

 

[Mischief]

I wouldn't worry about a melamine serving tray.

 

[Amy SF]

I wouldn't worry about a melamine serving tray.

Okay, based on this and Blobby's agreement, I went ahead and ordered the tray.

Here it is, what do you think?

 

[Mischief]

There's no link showing up for me, Amy.

 

[Andy_T]

There are also melamine cups and plates available, and according to this link that also should be safe.

The health problems associated with melamine in food obviously arose from some unscrupulous manufacturers who directly added melamine to food products for humans and animals in order to fool protein tests, who would count the melamine as protein due to its nitrogen content

 

[Blobbenstein]

There's no link showing up for me, Amy.

me neither. Amazon posts don't show up. I just quote the post* and you can see the code, which I just google, and it shows the flowery trays.


* you see [M EDIA=amazon ]B00DU4MTTI[/MEDIA ]

 

[Amy SF]

Here it is on the Corelle site:

Corelle® Coordinates® Happy Days Tray - Corelle

I paid slightly more to get it from Amazon, but I got free shipping.

 

[Mischief]

Very cute, and very cheerful!

 

[robert99]

For many years I sold melamine faced chipboard ... your kitchen cabinets are probably made of the stuff.

 

[Calliegirl]

The melamine issue came to mind the other day when I wanted to buy some vegan spring rolls that were manufactured in China. I ended up getting them, but I'm nervous every time I eat any and wonder if I'm poisoning myself.
If I end up dying suddenly from kidney failure, blame it on the spring rolls.

 

[Amy SF]

The melamine issue came to mind the other day when I wanted to buy some vegan spring rolls that were manufactured in China. I ended up getting them, but I'm nervous every time I eat any and wonder if I'm poisoning myself.
If I end up dying suddenly from kidney failure, blame it on the spring rolls.