This was in 2001, but still. Apparently KFC's potato flour from USA was rejected by China because it wasn't up to China's standards. Man, when you're not up to China's standards, something's wrong.
From Food Navigator: KFC's US potato flour stays out of China:
03/08/2001 - According to Tricon, the restaurants chains group that owns Kentucky Fried Chicken, China has turned back shipments American potato flour supplied to Kentucky Fried Chicken because it failed to meet Chinese quality standards.
Tony Chen, spokesperson for Tricon told Reuters that the Chinese State Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine labelled up to 40 tons of the US potato flour imported between February and May as "unqualified" and returned.
All the imports were from Basic American Food, located in Idaho, which supplies KFC with mashed potato powder worldwide, he said. The potato flour was found to contain levels of a bleaching powder higher than China allows in food, state media said.
I suppose I should be happy that I'm alive after all that KFC mashed potato that I've eaten.
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