Analyzing for Melamine

There have always been unscrupulous people who think more of making profits through adulteration of foods than the health of the consumers of those foods. The most recent examples have occurred in China, where products have been adulterated with melamine to increase their apparent protein content.

In 2007, many dogs and cats in the United States were harmed or killed by eating pet food manufactured with melamine-adulterated wheat gluten and rice protein concentrate obtained from China (see “Testi…