McNuggets are safe or not: to be tested and monitored

McDonald's iconic chicken snack is under fire after claims about the use of chemicals. (Source: China Daily/Wang Jing)
China's food safety watchdog Friday passed McDonald's chicken McNuggets as safe for human consumption, saying a petrol-based chemical additive in the fast food was within legal limits.

Sample tests showed the amount of tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) in McDonald's Chinese McNuggets was within the national food additive limit of 200mg/kg, the State Food and Drug Administration said.[Full Stoty]


McNuggets of McDonald's (file photo)
Following a CNN report in late June that claimed US McDonald's chicken nuggets contain traces of two "harmful" chemicals, the fast food giant's China division admitted on Monday that its McNuggets also contained the additives.

McDonald's Chicken McNuggets are alos under fire in Beijing after an investigation allegedly found its American counterpart contains chemical ingredients that are also used in cosmetics and Silly Putty.

The State Food and Drug Administration called for a national investigation targeting food safety of McNuggets in China on Tuesday, and the Beijing health supervision bureau claimed in an earlier report that it has already carried out its investigation on the fast food. [Responding to additive scare, SFDA to monitor McNuggets]
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