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Article: Chemical that led to recall was used by U.S. company.(Front)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- May 31, 2007
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Byline: KEVIN FREKING
WASHINGTON -- By KEVIN FREKING
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The same industrial chemical that led to a massive pet food recall was used in animal feed ingredients made by a U.S. company, health officials said Wednesday .
The announcement by the Food and Drug Administration was the first indication that a U.S. company had used melamine as an animal feed ingredient. Agency officials said that melamine and related compounds were used to bind feed for cattle, sheep and goats, or fish and shrimp.
Previously, the problem of melamine in animal feed was thought to be contained to China, where manufacturers ...