Food Safety Chief Executed for Bribery in China
.... In March this year there was a huge scare over melamine found in the wheat gluten imports from China. The .... In March this year there was a huge scare over melamine found in the wheat gluten imports from China. The gluten is used in the manufacture of pet food. The...Gaps In Food Safety Systems Must Be Plugged :UN
...HO) cited the discovery of the industrial chemical melamine in animal and fish feed and the unauthorized use of certain veterinary drugs in intensive aquaculture. The agencies blamed a lack of knowledge of food safety requirements as well as "the illegal or fraudulent use of ingredients including unauthorized...China Vows to Improve Food Safety in Wake of Health Scares
...ern China blamed for adding the dangerous chemical melamine to protein products later used in pet food for US and Canadian markets. The companies used administrative loopholes to dodge inspections, Li said. Also shut down was a factory in eastern China that produced diethylene glycol, an ingredient normal...Tainted Pet Food a Health Risk for Human?
... all the pet food. Some pet food was found to have melamine and melamine like products in them. This melamine is used in fertilizers in China and has made its way into the...Tainted Pet Food a Health Risk for Human?
... all the pet food. Some pet food was found to have melamine and melamine like products in them. This melamine is used in fertilizers in China and has made its way into the......out that the recent pet food contaminations due to melamine that caused many pets to be sick and even die, may have been a deliberate attempt by China to enhance the protein content in pet food. There are many questions being raised, and China is going to have to deal with food safety issues. This has cert...Pigs Quarantined in US Farm Following Melamine Contamination
The melamine contamination of pet food continues to takes it to...ine following detection of the industrial chemical melamine in pig urine in the farm. Additional testing was under way to determine if the chemical was presen......Although some studies have shown a toxic effect of melamine in rodents, research is scarce on melamine's effec...must attempt to determine whether or not it is the melamine itself that is the culprit, or whether it's some other contaminant associated with the melamine. Any...