ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVES</b>To study the migration of melamine into foods from plastic food packaging materials and dairy product containers commonly used in China.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>37 samples were collected from the market. The EU migration testing conditions were adopted with distilled water, 3% acetic acid, n-hexane and 15% ethanol being chosen as the simulating solutions. The HPLC method was used to detect melamine.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>No melamine was detected in 15 dairy product containers. Among the 22 plastic samples, 16 of polypropylene, and polycarbonate types had no detectable amount melamine while a low level of melamine was found in 3 of the 6 melamine resin containers.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Migration of melamine from food packaging materials in China market is in line with the requirements of EU.</p>