A high per formance liquid chromatographic method was established for the
determination of melamine in feed. The samples were extracted with trichloroacetic
acid solution. After centrifuged, the supernatants were cleaned by mixed cation
exchange SPE column. The eluant were dried, then redissolved by initial mobile phase.
Separation was performed by using Elite MSP column (ID 4.6 mm×150 mm, 5 m), the
retention time of melamine was 14 min. The limit of detection (LOD) of the method
was 0.046 mg/kg and the limit of quantification (LOQ) was 0.153 mg/kg. The method
was sensitive and reliable and more propitious to be used for the determination of
melamine in feed.