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To: James W. Fannin
Mislabeled my gluteus maximus...

Melamine in pet food may not be accidental

5 posted on 05/05/2007 4:29:38 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: mewzilla
Good article Mew...

Melamine is "simply not a chemical even on the radar screen for food ingredient suppliers," he wrote.

But it does have a lot of nitrogen in it, says Ron Madl, director of Kansas State University's Bioprocessing and Industrial Value Added program. The most common way to test protein levels in the grain industry is to test for nitrogen, a major component of protein.


Anyone want to make a bet that it's not in the human food supply?
47 posted on 05/05/2007 10:45:49 AM PDT by kenth (I got tired of my last tagline...)
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