Three Corporations, Owners Indicted In Tainted Pet Food Scandal

ChemNutra Inc., the American importer of melamine-tainted wheat gluten from China that made its way into many dog and cat foods last year, its owners Sally Qing Miller and Stephen S. Miller on Wednesday were indicted on 13 counts of introduction of adulterated food into interstate commerce, 13 counts of introduction of misbranded food into interstate commerce and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The Millers are alleged to have known of the contamination and concealed it from their customers. In a related case, the Chinese producer and the Chinese export brokerage company and their top executives were indicted on 13 counts of introduction of adulterated food into interstate commerce and 13 counts of introduction of misbranded food into interstate commerce. The charges were announced by the US Attorney’s Office in Kansas City, Missouri, where ChemNutra and the Millers took delivery of the product. AP here, DOJ Press Release here.