BLOG: One year later, it is now known that the pet food recall of 2007 had a precursor - (Pet Supply Verified Weblog)
March 31, 2008 – 8:41 pmhttp://psvatimi.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/one-year-later-it-is-now-known-that-the-pet-food-recall-of-2007-had-a-precursor/
It has been one year since the massive pet food recalls of spring 2007. We now know that an outbreak of pet food induced illness and death in Asia in 2004 was also caused by contamination of grains by melamine and cyanuric acid. If only this had been known prior to the 2007 outbreak, the cause certainly would have been identified sooner.
Melamine was added to grains by Chinese manufacturers to artificially raise the tested level of protein in the ingredient. This allowed the ingredient to pass specifications, although it was not truly the correct ingredient at all. The melamine alone is not toxic, but in combination with cyanuric acid, another chemical by-product that was also present in the grain, the two lead to kidney failure.
In 2004, a massive outbreak, affecting 6,000 dogs and an unknown number of cats in Asia was linked back to dog and cat foods manufactured by […]
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