China has announced that the industrial chemical melamine has been detected in animal feed. Three companies are now under investigation.
Following the discovery of melamine-tainted milk products in China, the Chinese Agriculture Ministry has mobilized 40,000 people to investigate animal feed throughout the country.
The investigators found that three firms illegally added melamine to animal feed they produce. Police are now investigating the three firms.
These firms may have added melamine to animal feed to make the nutrition data look better, just as happened for tainted milk products.
Last year, when dogs and cats died in the United States after eating Chinese-made pet food containing melamine, China's government explained that this was an extraordinary case involving just 2 companies.
The discovery of melamine in animal feed in China suggests how widely the industrial chemical has been used in that country.
2008/10/05 15:38
(From NHK)
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