Dubai Municipality confirmed that «Chicken Nuggets» is not traded in the markets of the emirate, pointing out that the rumors are not true in this regard, pointing out that Tyson has withdrawn the product (Chicken Nuggets), after the discovery of particles of rubber material, as reported by the Ministry According to the US Department of Agriculture, no one has been diagnosed with any disease due to consumption of the product.
In response to what has been circulated on the websites about the presence of this type of chicken in the markets, she said that the product was followed by the control departments of imported food and traded in the Dubai Municipality, and found not to exist in the local markets in the Emirate of Dubai, nor is it imported from the United States American.
According to Western media reports, this is not the first time that chicken products were withdrawn because they contain rubber. Foster Farms in 2016 withdrew 220,450 pounds of chicken for containing blue plastic products and black rubber. Brazil's Belgers Pride has returned about 4.5 million pounds of chicken for containing rubber.
A study by French and Brazilian researchers published in Britain's Mirror newspaper in May warned that eating chicken nuggets increases the risk of heart disease, pointing out that it contains a high percentage of fat, added sugar and salt.
The study, which involved more than 105,000 French adults, found an association between eating chicken and a 12% increased risk of cardiovascular disease and an 11% increased risk of cerebrovascular disease.
In August 2016, Dubai Municipality responded to another rumor related to chicken nuggets that the chicken manufacturers grind it thoroughly including the viscera, saying that the use of poultry and chopping them live, whether large or small to make chicken nuggets is not true, because this action is contrary Gulf, European and American laws and animal rights are also completely unhealthy and practically unenforceable, because some parts of the animal such as feathers, viscera and legs carry microbes in large quantities and will be passed on to the product and cause serious health problems for the consumer.