WHY spike grain products with melamine?

[columbine]

"The Las Vegas importer of the contaminated Chinese wheat gluten, ChemNutra Inc., that led to the original pet food recall has suggested that spiking a product with melamine can make it to appear to be richer in protein during tests, thus increasing its value."

Full CBS news article http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/19/health/main2703621.shtml (here.)

Love, Columbine

[Freedom]

GRRRRRR!!!!!

[Laura's Babies]

That link didn't work for me....

WHAT? They put that in it on purpose? If that is so, that makes this even worse.. I had just assuned it was a accident.. I read that they have also found it in RICE!!

[smokey the elder]

Greedy scumbags. :mad: The protein test only counts nitrogens; melamine has a lot of nitrogens in it so will give a higher "protein" level. I wonder if this hasn't been going on for a long time, but the dose was low enough to not be toxic. Then they got really greedy, and said, Hey, let's spike some MORE melamine in! (JMHO)