Its name derives from the Magnesia district of Thessaly, where the soft white mineral steatite talc — a hydrated magnesium silicate ... biochemistry and synthetic organic chemistry.

On Saturday, FSSAI suspended the license of a unit of KFC at the Velavan hypermarket in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, after it was found that magnesium silicate synthetic, a food additive, was being ...

THOOTHUKUDI: Food safety officials have suspended the FSSAI licence of a KFC unit in Thoothukudi following the alleged use of magnesium silicate-synthetic for purifying used oil, which is illegal.