U.S. Company Used Melamine in Feed

Humans Unlikely to Be Harmed

By Rick Weiss

Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 31, 2007; Page A03

An Ohio company has long been adding the industrial toxin melamine to animal feed ingredients, and those feeds have been eaten by livestock and fish meant for human consumption, officials with the Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday.

The company used the chemical as a binding agent to hold feed granules in pellet form, in contrast to the recent pet food scandal, which involved imported ingredients that were spiked with melamine to provide a false measure of protein content, officials said.