At least 2.5 million broiler chickens from an Indiana producer were
fed pet food scraps contaminated with the chemical melamine and
subsequently sold for human consumption, federal health officials
reported yesterday.
Hundreds of other producers may have
similarly sold an unknown amount of contaminated poultry in recent
months, they added, painting a picture of much broader consumption of
contaminated feed and food than had previously been acknowledged in the
widening pet food scandal.