The Chain Gang

China’s Expired-Meat Scandal Now Includes Burger King and Starbucks

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As bad as it was to learn yesterday’s news that several fast-food restaurants in China, including McDonald’s and Pizza Hut, were serving “recycled meat”, it looks like the situation has worsened with the revelation that Husi Food Co Ltd also supplied expired meat to Starbucks, Burger King, and other chains throughout the country. Authorities say that the company, “a unit of the U.S.-based OSI Group LLC,” may ultimately face punishment for food safety violations, while representatives from McDonald’s and KFC parent Yum! Brands released statements expressing concern and a zero-tolerance policy for unsafe meat. All of the affected chains now say they have discarded the affected meat, of course. [Reuters, Related]

China’s Expired-Meat Scandal Now Includes Burger King and Starbucks