DON’T trust the safety of your food? Baidu says it has the answer.

    The Chinese search-engine giant last week rolled out a so-called set of “smart chopsticks,” known as Kuaisou in Chinese, that it says can detect oils containing unsanitary levels of contamination.

    At the company’s annual technology conference, Baidu CEO Robin Li gave a brief introduction of the new product, which he called “a new way to sense the world.”

    “In the future, via Baidu Kuaisou, you’ll be able to know the origin of oil and water and other foods — whether they’ve gone bad and what sort of nutrition they contain,” Li said in a speech Wednesday.

    A video posted by the company shows how to use the product, which is linked with a smartphone app. In one experiment, the chopsticks were shown being swirled in olive oil, with the smartphone subsequently displaying a “good” reading. In another, the chopsticks registered a “bad” reading after being submerged into recycled cooking oil.

    According to Baidu, the chopsticks measure the freshness of cooking oil. The chopsticks also will be able to measure PH levels and temperature and calories.

    A price tag for the chopsticks hasn’t yet been announced, and the company said the product isn’t yet ready for mass production. (SD-Agencies)