Industry Figure Tom Chappell

As you’ve probably heard by now, the melamine contamination in pet food was almost certainly caused by deliberate adulteration — adding melamine to wheat gluten and rice gluten makes them test higher for proteins, garnering a higher price.

Oh yes, and the Chinese food companies in question were placing ads on the Internet for scrap melamine. Not just adulteration, but adulteration with random scrap.

With recall-related deaths in the thousands (though the FDA only admits to 16), it pays to stay on top of the situation.

The ASPCA has a well-updated set of pages on the ever-expanding recall. Click on the kitty!