webfact Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 China seizes 30,000 tons of chicken feet tainted by hydrogen peroxideBy Wilfred Chan, CNNHong Kong (CNN) -- In the latest stomach-churning food scandal to hit China, authorities have seized over 30,000 tons of chicken feet contaminated with hydrogen peroxide, according to state media.Thirty eight people have been arrested on charges of producing the tainted items, while 11 suspects remain at large.Images on Chinese news websites show large troughs filled with chicken feet soaking in what authorities say is hydrogen peroxide, a colorless chemical compound used for sterilization and bleaching.The chemical, which causes vomiting and other stomach problems if consumed, may have been used to give the chicken feet a whiter, cleaner appearance.A report by official news agency Xinhua said the tainted items were first discovered in Yongjia County in Zhejiang, eastern China.Full story: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/08/26/world/asia/china-chicken-feet-scandal/index.html-- CNN 2014-08-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Where I work, they have chicken's feet on the menu about once a week. I just can't eat them. It will take more than a little bleach to make them palatable for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Be amazed at how much food here comes from there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retell Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Nope not much chance i'll ever eat that , several kind of bugs , snakes , pigbrain (zult) no problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Star Dust Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Actually I hate chickens as a whole if they are not , steamed, fried, boiled, BBK'ed...etc. CHICKENFEET??? NEVER. EVER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 What is it that people like so much about the feet? It is what chickens use for scratching up worms and vermin. However repulsive, I used to find it funny to see signs in english (Philippines) advertising chicken asses in the mall food courts. Must be something to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gsxrnz Posted August 26, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2014 How many chicken feet does it take to get 30,000 tonnes worth? Surely that's a misprint. If one foot weighed say 50 grams , that would be 600 million legs representing 300 million chickens (assuming no one-legged chickens). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsxrnz Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 What is it that people like so much about the feet? It is what chickens use for scratching up worms and vermin. However repulsive, I used to find it funny to see signs in english (Philippines) advertising chicken asses in the mall food courts. Must be something to it. I wouldn't eat a chickens arse, but quite partial to a Parson's Nose. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurentbkk Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Bon appétit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iReason Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Given the fact of what chickens and pigs stand around in until the end of their days, why would anyone consider eating their feet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shot Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Fried chicken feet are pretty good, once you get past the fact you're eating chicken feet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurnell Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 How is rice and wheat bleached? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaiyapoon Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Tried them once and to many boney bits so can't be bothered with them. There are so many better things to eat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamhar Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I'll never complain about a Big Mac Again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wileycoyote Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Bad news for KFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 How many chicken feet does it take to get 30,000 tonnes worth? Surely that's a misprint. If one foot weighed say 50 grams , that would be 600 million legs representing 300 million chickens (assuming no one-legged chickens). Still only about 30% of the daily consumption of chicken in China. 1400 million people and they all adore chicken feet. A bit like french fries for Chinese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirtless Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 China seems to be a hub of bad food processing practices.The real problem is they just dont care as long as it sells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken George Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Bottled Blondes in the chicken world too! Now maybe the wife will stop buying the feet! I have told her many times we can afford the meat! I doubt it though. They love the grop grop! Crunchy bits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utkb Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 My wife was so happy when she found chicken feet at the grocery here in Abu Dhabi. She makes Tom yum with it for herself and our daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estrada Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 It got somewhat lost in translation. It is not the Hydrogen Peroxide that was in danger of being ingested as it breaks down very quickly into oxygen and water.. What the story was about was that they were cleaning heavily contaminated chicken feet which were up to 46 years old! H2O2 is good for sterilising and there would be no Hydrogen Peroxide left on the chicken after washing. The problem is that there are more than likely toxins left on the chicken bearing in mind the heavily contiminated feet were up to 46 years old! I ran a milk packing factory for 2 year. In the packing of UHT milk Hydrogen peroxide is used to sterilise the internal packaging on a continuous basis and no one has, or will ever, get ill due to the use of hydrogen peroxide. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangebrew Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Brits eat spotted dick, Filipino's eat chicken butt and head, Vietnese eat anything the crawls walks or bark's Thai's eat bugs Give me a good ole steak any time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyL Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I guess that's why I have a strong dislike of fake blonde chicks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Chicken feet seems to be "lady food" the women seem to love them, never seen dudes go crazy for them but if she says lets go get some late at night you better go if you know whats good for you..... the hydrogen peroxide aspect is a mystery..... 46yo chicken feet, gotta taste better than 1000 year old eggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckistaner Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 46 year old chicken feet? Another lost in translation....do chickens live 46 years...I don't think so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackh Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 46 year old feet sounds like a bit of a stretch. They are consumed too quickly in vast amounts in China to have stock 46 years old. Makes no sense. I met a man ( now a millionaire ) who exported chicken feet from the US to China, virtually getting them for the price of hauling them away from processors in the US. Smart lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Publicus Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Tried them once and to many boney bits so can't be bothered with them. There are so many better things to eat. The PRChinese are learning as their purchasing power increases that there are better things they can afford than the chicken feet that so delighted past generations. Historically chicken feet is the only "meat" many Chinese were able to buy or raise, and only occasionally, so it was a sometimes big treat. Historically it's chicken and pork in China which is a major reason CP Group does such a bristling business at its Lotus supermarkets in the big cities of the PRC. Chicken feet are skin and bones no matter how much they are flavored up. Almost all meats in the PRChina are chopped up into bits of bone with some meat, something familiar to anyone who's been around Thailand for some time. The PRChinese Western food luxurious restaurants have learned not to chop up the steaks but still have to catch on that the ice cream dessert comes at the end of the meal rather than as the first item. Many Westerns in the PRC get laid low by colic a couple of times a year. Some PRChinese call it Mao's revenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomerangutang Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Quite a feat to get 30k tons of feet. Reminds me of when I read in a major Thai paper of barge-fulls of MSG coming down the Mekong - to be ingested by Thais and the people they cook for (us). Hydrogen Peroxide, full strength is what some submarines use for propelling torpedoes. It's very volatile. It's what is thought to have doomed the Soviet sub: Kursk, when some water mixed with H3O and caused an explosion and fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlopes Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 The Chinese won't mind as long as it's white... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie59 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 That would be a hell of a lot of chickens! Surely there is a zero or two added on or the units are wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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