20 10, a spokesman for McDonald's in the United States, said that for safety reasons, polydimethylsiloxane was added to McDonald's chicken to prevent the cooking oil of fried chicken from foaming. According to the animal test of the World Health Organization, this substance is harmless to human body. According to CNN analysis, McNuggets in the United States also contain the chemical component "tert-butylhydroquinone" (tBHQ), and the tBHQ content of each chicken nugget is 0.02%. TBHQ is extracted from petroleum and used as a preservative for vegetable oil and animal fat. It is reported that the intake of 1 g will cause side effects such as nausea, tinnitus, nausea, and even suffocation and collapse. Kimball, the host of American Cooking and the founder of the magazine, believes that McDonald's wants to keep the texture and squareness of McNuggets by adding these chemicals.
In addition, the test results show that four American-made McNuggets contain calories 190 calories, fat 12 grams and saturated fat 2 grams, all of which are higher than those of British McNuggets. A McDonald's spokesman said that this is because the two places have different methods of making McNuggets. In Britain, McDonald's cooks chicken pieces first, and then spreads fried pulp, while in America, the order of making chicken mcnuggets is just the opposite, so American chicken mcnuggets absorb more oil. Chicken mcnuggets in Britain also do not contain the above two chemical components.
McDonald's in mainland China and Hong Kong did not reply whether McNuggets sold in Hong Kong branches contained the above two chemical components, but stressed that the company had quality control procedures to ensure that the food met safety standards and the production process met the requirements of Hong Kong laws.
Corporate reaction
McDonald's did not reply to the specific content of additives.
Yesterday afternoon, McDonald's China Company sent a letter in response to the US claim that McNugget contains chemical components.
"The content completely meets the standard and is harmless to consumers' health"
McDonald's China Company said that in China, "the content of polydimethylsiloxane and tert-butyl hydroquinone in McNuggets sold by McDonald's completely meets the current national hygiene standards for the use of food additives", which is harmless to consumers' health.
He also said that McDonald's has always been in a strict and responsible attitude towards consumers and has strict quality control procedures for the food it provides, which fully meets the relevant food hygiene and safety standards of various countries. Related report
According to "Oriental TV" reported on July 2 1 2065438, the reporter went undercover for more than two months and found that Shanghai Fuxi Food Co., Ltd., a meat supplier of internationally renowned fast food chains such as McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut, used a large number of expired and deteriorated meat raw materials. The company was exposed to processing expired inferior meat by redoing expired food and changing the shelf life label, and then selling the chicken nuggets, steaks and hamburgers to most fast food chains such as KFC, McDonald's and Pizza Hut.
However, most fast food chain stores such as McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut are unaware of the supply of problematic raw materials, which also exposes the loopholes in the procurement of raw materials by related enterprises. In this incident of using expired meat, McNugget has once again become a problem food.
Mcnuggets made of expired meat are easy to spoil, which will not only lose its original nutritional value, but also produce some poisons in microbial crops. Under the action of microorganisms, the protein and fat of meat will change correspondingly. protein is first decomposed into peptides, then amino acids, and then further decomposed into various organic amines, organic acids, CO2, NH3, H2S and other inorganic substances under the action of corresponding enzymes, and even putrescine, hydrogen sulfide, indole, methyl indole and other odorous substances will be produced. The oxidation and peroxidation of fat in meat will lead to the increase of peroxide value, fatty acids and aldehydes and ketones with pungent smell.
In this expired meat incident, although consumers are unaware of McDonald's chicken and other fast food made of expired meat, the reason is that the expired meat has been treated in a series of ways to cover up the rotten smell of the expired meat, but the harmful substances in it cannot be completely removed, which will bring health risks to consumers.
Voice of suppliers
According to Oriental TV, the investigators interviewed the relevant person in charge of Fuxi Factory, and the manager of the factory quality department said that the use of expired raw materials was directly instructed by the top management of the factory, and the company's policy was consistent for many years. According to its report to investigators, such behavior requires at least the consent of leaders above the factory director.