Any web surfer has probably gotten a hold of the news about how the suppliers provided out of date meat to fast food brands such as KFC and McDonalds. As an Asian-American who travels back to China every three years or so, I was pretty concerned with the idea that something was wrong with all the fast food I ate back then. I am still worried about this even though I am living in the Bay Area. I have a habit of eating out at McDonalds once a week instead of having chinese food for dinner, and I just bought two big mac meals yesterday (one for my brother).
I feel bad for the employees who were detained in China. To be honest, all the street food and many restaurant foods in China probably have the same problem. It's just that the supplier for McDonalds was caught because McDonalds is a large fast food corporation, which means the government would probably look closer into an international corporation and close their eyes when it comes to street vendors. Have you ever heard of all the oil that street vendors pick up on the streets and use in frying their stinky tofu? Sure, but you don't see the government detaining them for using extremely disgusting ways of making food.
People are making a big deal out of this McDonalds situation, and the government has no choice but to respond to it. But why can't the government in China pay attention to all the street food that caters to even more of their population?
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