2 U.S. firms recall feed ingredients

0 Comments | USA TODAY, May, 2007 | by Elizabeth Weise and Julie Schmit

For the first time, the industrial chemical that contaminated pet food ingredients imported from China has been found in livestock and fish feed ingredients produced in the USA.

Two companies in Ohio and Colorado recalled the ingredients found to contain melamine, a chemical used in the manufacture of plastics that was linked to the massive pet food recall in March. The contaminated pet food is believed to have killed dogs and cats across the USA.

The tainted products have embroiled China in a global controversy over the safety of its food exports. The Food and Drug Administration's announcement Wednesday of the feed recall marks the first discovery of melamine in U.S.-made ingredients.

Melamine is not approved for use in feed, pet food or human...