BEIJING - 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.
Tests were conducted on 35 McNuggets and 33 portions of oil used to fry the food taken from 22 McDonald's outlets in Beijing, Shanghai, Liaoning Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said a report on the administration's website.
