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McDonald's under watch by China's food administration

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-07-07 14:05
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McDonald's under watch by China's food administration

Customers queue up in a McDonald's in Yichang, Hubei province on May 3, 2010. [Asianewsphoto]

China's State Food and Drug Administration is monitoring McDonald's China Co's McNuggets as the product contains the chemicals tertiary butylhydroquinone and dimethylpolysiloxane.

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The additives are allowed in meat products in limited amounts, the administration said in a statement on its website.