Chinese protein export scandal

Chinese protein export contamination refers to the contamination of several food and feed ingredients with inexpensive melamine and other compounds such as cyanuric acid. These ingredients can be used to inflate the apparent protein content of the product, so that inexpensive ingredients can pass for more expensive, concentrated vegetable proteins. Melamine by itself is...
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  • Mar 2007

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