https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jamie-oliver-mcdonalds-burgers/




An outdated controversy about McDonald's use of beef treated with ammonium hydroxide resurfaced on social media.

    David Emery

    Published 22 January 2018      







Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver proved that the meat in McDonald's hamburgers is "unfit for human consumption" due to the use of beef trimmings treated with bacteria-killing ammonium hydroxide.


    Healthy food supporter Jamie Oliver took on the biggest fast food joint in the world, and he won.

    He managed to get the multi national corporation to admit that their burger meat was sub-standard and have vowed to change it.

    Oliver highlighted how McDonald’s used ammonium hydroxide to ‘wash’ their beef before it was made into hamburgers, in order to make it fit for human consumption, without this stage the food would not have been legal to sell by nationwide standards. Meat that has not been treated in this way is usually used for dog and cat food.

    The ammonium hydroxide is used as an anti-microbial agent which basically acts as a catalyst to turn ‘inedible’ meat into burgers.

    Oliver said:

    “Basically, we’re taking a product that would be sold in the cheapest way for dogs, and after this process, is being given to human beings.”

Agnes. wrote on Apr 29^th, 2022 at 5:49pm:



You wonder what you're eating at those places and
the food isn't cheap either.

Captain Caveman wrote on Apr 30^th, 2022 at 2:36am:



Hi Captain - get all that junk food into ya - mate.   

I did a 4-week diet of no junk food or alcohol. In the last week, my stomach started getting it regular growls again and I restarted enjoying food. I had a few nights drinking moderately. Then I had Red Rooster the following night. I felt worse for the experience. Now, I have to reacquaint myself with good health. But, I can remember that I have never felt good after eating at McDonalds. McDonalds is an emergency feed. Not a meal.

So Booby eats at McDonalds!

YUCK!

You bleeding idiot!

Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 30^th, 2022 at 3:02pm:



Only a few times because it makes me ill.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 30^th, 2022 at 3:11pm:

Yes i have been sick a few times from Chinese takeaway shops, when those stomach cramps start coming on its a worry. I get mildly ill from Maccas every time but at least its consistent.

Johnnie wrote on Apr 30^th, 2022 at 3:02pm:


I actually agree. I have only had one or two bad meals out of the hundreds I have had at McDonalds since I started eating there as a teen. Chinese takeaway stores have given me a dozen bad food experiences in the 50 times I have eaten there.