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The source of melamine was believed to be from rice protein concentrate. On April 27, 2007, Natural Balance issued a second recall for three canned dog food and one canned cat food. Like the first recall, the contaminants were melamine in rice protein concentrates. As with the venison based formulas, rice protein concentrate was not on the list ...
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.
On April 19, 2007, researchers announce that they have identified three additional chemicals in the melamine-contaminated rice protein and animals that had consumed it. The chemicals include cyanuric acid, a chemical used in chlorinated pools. All three chemicals are derivatives of melamine. [37] [38]
By early 2006, melamine production in mainland China is reported to be in "serious surplus". [48] 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.
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2007 – Pet food recalls occurred in North America, Europe, and South Africa as a result of Chinese protein export contamination using melamine as an adulterant. 2008 – Baby milk scandal, in China. 300,000 babies affected, 51,900 hospitalisations and 6 infant deaths. Lost revenue compensation~$30M, bankruptcy, trade restrictions imposed by ...
The source of power in Texas is also at times the source of controversy. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson in February said he wants to wean its city-owned electric company off coal as a generating source ...
Oct. 1—AUSTIN — Statewide and county crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Railroad Commission of Texas for July 2024 came from 158,063 oil wells and 83,833 gas wells, a ...