The contaminant found in pet food has now contaminated the human food supply, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Both chicken and pigs have been identified in this latest exposure.

A chicken farm in Indiana received animal feed containing gluten contaminated with the plastic product melamine which was imported from China. Melamine combined with formaldehyde is used to produce melamine resin, which is a component in the manufacture of plastic. But contaminated animal feed could be a widespread problem in China.

This entry was posted on Thursday, May 3rd, 2007 at 6:58 am and is filed under Diet and Health. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.