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Suspect Additive Commonly Used in China

Monday, April 30, 2007 3:14:12 PM
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN

 Pigs rest in mud near flooded fields in Pingyang county, east China's Zhejiang province in this July 20, 2005 file photo. The mildly toxic chemical melamine is commonly added to animal feed in China, a manager of a feed company and one of the chemical's producers said Monday, April 30, 2007, a process that boosts the feed's sales value but risks introducing the chemical into meat eaten by humans. (AP Photo/File) BEIJING (AP) - In the United States, it is feared as a killer of cats and dogs and a potential threat to humans.

Yet in China, the mildly toxic chemical melamine is commonly used in animal feed and is even praised by some customers, according to the managers of a feed company and one of the chemical's producers.

"Using the proper quantity of melamine will not harm the animals," said Wang Jianhui, manager of the Kaiyuan Protein Feed company in the northern city of Shijiazhuang. "Our products are very safe, for sure," Wang added.


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