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Mollie
True Blue Farmgirl
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 Posted - May 02 2007 : 08:15:44 AM
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The Food and Drug Adminstration said Tuesday that as many as 3 million chickens that may have been given contaminated feed containing melamine have already been eaten by consumers, according to NBC News.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18405363/ br /
Pet food tainted with melamine was also found in feed given to hogs. Last week, the USDA said about 6,000 hogs in six states — California, Kansas, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Utah — may have been given the contaminated feed.
Several Chinese suppliers conceded over the weekend that adding melamine to pet food ingredients -- now blamed for the deaths of many animals in the United States and possible contamination of the human food supply -- is but the latest technique for fooling U.S. companies into thinking they are purchasing a high-quality product.
Usually used to make fertilizer and plastics, melamine has no nutritional value but is rich in nitrogen, meaning it raises the nitrogen level of feed. That makes products appear to be higher in protein, and can lead to higher prices for feed for stock animals such as pigs, chickens, and fish, as well as for household pets such as cats and dogs.
The Chinese have been introducing Melamine into their human food supply for the last 15 years.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18405721/
“There is a distinct possibility that it will broaden,” FDA said. “I’m not saying that it will, but we need to be prepared for that to happen.”
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Tainted pet food in chicken/pork supply
