Skretting spokesman explains the 'upside' of melamine scare

摘要

Several weeks after the contaminant melamine was found in feed which went to an estimated 200 hatcheries in Canada and the northwest United States, the incident was still garnering national and even international attention as it highlighted some of the challenges connected to finfish aquaculture. A senior spokesperson for the fish-feed manufacturer which unknowingly imported and used melamine-tainted wheat gluten in a batch of starter feed said in a recent statement that the incident had some positive aspects though. Dr. Chris Beattie, product manager for Skretting Canada, said that the incident demonstrated just how efficient the company's tracking system was. It allowed the company to get on top of the situation within hours once alerted to "positive" test results by the US Food and Drug Administration.