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  2. 2007 pet food recalls - Wikipedia

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    Melamine molecule, C 3 H 6 N 6 — 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine. Prior animal studies have shown ingestion of melamine may lead to kidney stones, cancer or reproductive damage. [57] [58] [59] One 1945 study suggested the chemical increased urine output when fed to dogs in large amounts. The chemical is known to have a very low toxicity in rodents.

  3. Timeline of the 2007 pet food recalls - Wikipedia

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    This timeline of the 2007 pet food recalls documents how events related to the 2007 pet food recalls unfolded. Several contaminated Chinese vegetable proteins were used by pet food makers in North America, Europe and South Africa, leading to kidney failure in animals fed the contaminated food. Both the centralization of the pet food industry ...

  4. Melamine - Wikipedia

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    Between 2002 and 2007, while the global melamine price remained stable, a steep increase in the price of urea (feedstock for melamine) has reduced the profitability of melamine manufacturing. Currently, China is the world's largest exporter of melamine, while its domestic consumption still grows by 10% per year.

  5. Protein adulteration in China - Wikipedia

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    In January 2009, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology promulgated draft production permit rules aiming to stem a melamine production glut. Melamine had been widely sold, including over the Internet, for around 10,000 yuan ($1,500) a tonne. The ministry also aimed to shrink the number of melamine producers by setting minimum ...

  6. Formica (plastic) - Wikipedia

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    In 2007, Fletcher Building group purchased Formica Corp. from private equity investors Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. and Oaktree Capital Management, LLC for $700 million. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In 2018, Fletcher Building announced plans to sell Formica to Broadview Holdings (parent of Trespa ) for NZD $1.226 billion (US$840 m); [ 12 ] the sale was ...

  7. Timeline of the 2008 Chinese milk scandal - Wikipedia

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    This timeline of the 2008 Chinese milk scandal documents how events related to the Chinese dairy products contamination by melamine unfolded. Complaints about kidney problems traced back to a brand of infant formula, subsequent discoveries of melamine contamination of liquid milk, and exported powdered milk of processed food products (using contaminated milk).

  8. 2007 Chinese export recalls - Wikipedia

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    In 2007, a series of product recalls and import bans were imposed by the product safety institutions of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand against products manufactured in and exported from the mainland of the People's Republic of China (PRC) because of numerous alleged consumer safety issues.

  9. Arborite - Wikipedia

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    Arborite was the first commercial decorative melamine laminate. The manufacturing facility was opened in 1948 in LaSalle, Quebec , where it still is to this day. [ 1 ] By early 1949, Arborite was being advertised as the "only all-Canadian" laminate on the market, available in 35 "solid colors, as well as a series of five colored fabric designs ...