http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100709/tap-health-china-food-safety-mcdonalds-8d4ea94.html

Question: Are all goods or services produced from China unsafe?
Answer: Not exactly! Take for example, in the recent news, there were reports stating that Macdonalds Chicken McNuggets are highly risky for consumption as "they contained risky additives, but stressed they were safe." In specific words, these McNuggets contained "an anti-foaming agent and a petroleum-based chemical." It was also reported that "the chemicals, dimethylpolysiloxane and tertiary butylhydroquinone, could cause nausea, vomiting and even suffocation if taken in excessive amounts."

Vivian Zhang, spokeswoman for McDonald's China told AFP that "We are fully cooperating with them", and said that "a fractional amount of legal preservative and a miniscule drop of an additive" were used in vegetable oil to prevent foaming on the surface "that naturally occurs in cooking".". To further add on, Miss Zhang also reaffirmed that "customers can be reassured that these are common and fully-approved ingredients that are completely safe and have been used for decades."

Despite the reassurance, a survey by Chinese portal sina.com showed the matter had hit confidence in McDonald's among Chinese consumers and "found that more than 75 percent of its 34,000 respondents said they would "definitely not eat foods like McNuggets any more". Is this a good news for Singaporeans and the rest of the world or a bad news?

Sheridin:)