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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Wal-Mart in Shenzhen under investigation by Chinese regulators




Allegations made by a Walmart employee at a Shenzhen branch that workers were violating food safety rules have now come under inspection. These reports include reusing dirty cooking oil, selling expired meat, and failing to toss insect inhabited rice. Regulators have obtained food samples from this particular branch and though they are being tested, Walmart has released a statement that none of the reported activities were found on site. During one of the inspections on this branch, regulation officers found that managers had hand written expiration dates, something that could easily result in the use of expired products. Regarding frying oil, there is no current legislation for how long it can be used or if old and new oil can be mixed. 

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