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To the Editor: We reported previously (April 30, 1992, issue)¹ that 71 percent of 42 milk samples purchased in five Eastern states in 1991 did not contain 80 to 120 percent of the amount of vitamin D claimed on the label. These results confirmed an earlier study by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)². As a result of these observations, there has been increased awareness of the need to monitor the fortification of milk with vitamin D more carefully. Between May 1992 and June 1993, we therefore purchased 94 milk samples in seven Eastern states, including the same five . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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