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                        Melamine Pet Food Recall of 2007
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          Melamine Pet Food Recall of 2007Recalls & Withdrawals Melamine Pet Food Recall of 2007
  
  	
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    PrintOn March 15, 2007, FDA learned that certain pet foods were sickening and killing cats and dogs. FDA found contaminants in vegetable proteins imported into the United States from China and used as ingredients in pet food.

A portion of the tainted pet food was used to produce farm animal feed and fish feed. FDA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture discovered that some animals that ate the tainted feed had been processed into human food. Government scientists have determined that there is very low risk to human health from consuming food from animals that ate tainted feed. All tainted pet food, animal and fish feed, and vegetable proteins continue to be recalled and destroyed.

As a result of FDA and USDA's comprehensive investigation, on February 6, 2008, FDA announced that two Chinese nationals and the businesses they operate, along with a U.S. company and its president and chief executive officer, were indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a scheme to import products purported to be wheat gluten into the United States that were contaminated with melamine.

Press Releases

Charges Filed in Contaminated Pet Food Scheme
	FDA Investigation Leads to Several Indictments for Importing Contaminated Ingredients Used in Pet Food
	Contaminant Found in Second Pet Food Ingredient
	Pet Food Recall: FDA's Ongoing InvestigationTranscripts of FDA Press Conferences

May 30, 2007 Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	May 17, 2007 Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	May 17, 2007 Audio for Transcript of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	May 15, 2007 Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	May 15, 2007 Audio for Transcript of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	May 10, 2007 Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	May 8, 2007 Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	May 8, 2007 Audio for Transcript of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	May 3, 2007 Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	May 3, 2007 Audio for Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	May 1, 2007 Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	May 1, 2007 Audio of Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	April 26, 2007 Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	April 26, 2007 Audio for Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	April 24, 2007 Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	April 24, 2007 Audio for Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	April 19, 2007 Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	April 19, 2007 Audio for Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	April 5, 2007 Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	March 30, 2007 Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	March 20, 2007 Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food Recall
	March 19, 2007 Transcripts of FDA Press Conferences on the Pet Food RecallAdditional Information

Consumer Complaint Coordinators
	Melamine Pet Food Recall - Frequently Asked Questions
	Pet Food
	Analytical Methods for Melamine and Triazine Analogs
	The Melamine Story (video)
	FDA Webinar: Melamine—The Cause of the 2007 Pet Food Recall

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                        Melamine Pet Food Recall of 2007
          Process for Withdrawal of Approval of a New Animal Drug Application
          Withdrawal of Enrofloxacin for Poultry
 
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