The Shanghai Husi Food Company has been accused of supplying
contaminated meat to two major fast food restaurants in the city, KFC and McDonald’s,
and possibly affecting chains Pizza Hut, Papa John’s International, and Burger
King. After a local television station, Dragon TV, ran an investigative report
on Husi employees using expired meat and then packaging it for shipment, the
government closed its operations and local officials immediately began
notifying restaurants to check their products
Accounting for more
than 8,000 restaurants in the country, KFC and McDonald’s yet again must deal
with the food safety issue that sparked consumers’ concerns back in 2012.
During that year, the concern was over fast-food meat that was quickly produced
with high levels of antibiotics and then supplied to two American fast-food
chains, one Japanese chain, and one Taiwanese restaurant. For now, the
government has closed Shanghai Husi Food Company and KFC and McDonald’s has
issued statements expressing their apologies and assurances that they will
investigate the matter further with authorities.
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