Feed suppliers in China's rapidly industrialized countryside have been cutting corners. Leading to a health crisis in the pet food industry. Melamine scrap is believed to be commonly mixed in animal feed in China to artificially boost the protein level, especially in soymeal, tricking feedlots and farmers into paying more for feed for chickens and pigs. Raising some very troubling concerns over America's own food security. ( Boston Globe)
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Melamine: Shorthand for Cutting Corners with Food Security
Category: Food&Drink • Health
Posted on: April 30, 2007 12:21 PM, by EJGili
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