The day before yesterday, Taipei County released the second wave inspection report of fried oil in fast food industry, and seven branches of four manufacturers were randomly selected, and well-known fast food giants McDonald's and KFC all detected carcinogens, among which the fried oil in McDonald's was found to contain carcinogens-heavy metal "arsenic"; Another carcinogen-"acrylamide" was detected in fried oil from KFC. It is reported that the latter animal experiments have confirmed cancer.

Yesterday, the reporter interviewed McDonald's and KFC Shanghai respectively, but they still declared that their products were safe. Shanghai regulatory authorities expressed concern about this matter and will conduct further sampling inspection of edible oil.

arsenic? McDonald's said that all previous tests were not found

Yesterday, the reporter contacted McDonald's Shanghai Company, which said that the fried oil used in McDonald's products in Shanghai was confirmed to be safe in all previous tests by government departments, and no heavy metal substances were found in the tests commissioned by McDonald's on itself and oil suppliers. It also made three statements, namely:

"The fried oil products used in McDonald's restaurants meet the relevant national food hygiene, safety and quality standards, so please feel free to enjoy our food; The fried oil used in McDonald's restaurant is replaced in strict accordance with the frequency required by relevant departments; In Taiwan Province, McDonald's and oil suppliers commissioned independent third parties to test fried oil products, and no heavy metal substances were found. We are paying close attention to the progress of this matter. "

acrylamide causes cancer? KFC Shanghai Company does not admit that

KFC Shanghai Company also said in an interview with reporters that the cooking oil it uses conforms to the relevant national regulations.

regarding acrylamide detected in Taipei, KFC replied to the reporter that JECFA (Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives of FAO and WHO) pointed out that the exact risk level of acrylamide to human health could not be confirmed to a certain extent.

JECFA pointed out that it is impossible to make recommendations on the safe consumption of any specific food containing this substance.

As acrylamide can't be eliminated in the world at present, KFC in China will pay close attention to the latest development of acrylamide-related research work and regulations, and encourage consumers to have a balanced diet.

Although "oil filter powder" is used to clean KFC's oil products, Chen Kunrong, director of the legal system of Taibei County, said that all the oil products sampled contain acrylamide. Although Taiwan Province has not determined the content standard, it may cause cancer. The use of oil filter powder only creates the illusion of cleaning, and cannot prevent the oil products from deteriorating and producing carcinogens. Therefore, the "Central Committee" will be asked to revise the law to set the acrylamide content standard and prohibit the use of oil filter powder.

KFC claims that, according to the announcement issued by the Ministry of Health, magnesium trisilicate (commonly known as "oil filter powder"), a processing aid used by KFC for food and food industry, can remove undesirable substances, such as residues, produced during the use of oil, so as to slow down the deterioration of oil. This has no harm to human health and conforms to relevant national regulations and relevant international standards.

The Food and Drug Administration will further strengthen the sampling inspection of edible oil

The Municipal Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration was highly concerned about the above situation reported by the Taipei media. According to statistics, since 2118, Shanghai Food and Drug Administration has sampled and tested 185 pieces of edible oil from supermarkets, stores and catering units in this city, but no inorganic arsenic has exceeded the standard, and all samples meet the relevant national standards.

in the next step, the municipal food and drug administration will further strengthen the sampling inspection of edible oil in combination with the food safety evaluation sampling inspection plan.

the relevant person in charge of the municipal food and drug administration pointed out that the cooking oil may bring in trace arsenic due to environmental factors, but the detected inorganic arsenic is 9 to 11 times higher than the standard, which is probably caused by food pollution, but the content can not cause acute poisoning. However, there is no relevant standard for acrylamide at present, but this index has been added in the relevant sampling inspection in Shanghai.