Kentucky Fried Chicken, the US fast food giant has again sparked food safety concerns around China, with its outlets being accused of repeatedly using same frying oil for as many as 10 days, which experts believe may cause cancer.
The Guangzhou-based Information Times reports that KFC branches in some cities in northwest Shaanxi Province have been discovered putting Magnesium Trisilicate into frying oil to prolong its usage. Magnesium Trisilicate is a white, odorless and tasteless powder, which can decolorize and absorb the odor and some impurities of the overused turbid oil, as well as reducing its acidity and oxidization. After being "polished," the cooking oil is used over and over again for up to 10 days by some KFC outlets in Xianyang city, Shaanxi Province.
词汇:
1. spark:vt.发动;触发
2. accuse of:因某事控告某人
3. Magnesium Trisilicate: 三硅酸镁
4.odor: n.气味
5. turbid: adj. 混浊的, 不纯的
6. over and over again: adv. 一再地