On Sunday night, Shanghai Husi Foods suspended production meat supplied McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) and YUM! Brands (NYSE: YUM) KFC and Pizza Hut chains.
The Shanghai Food and Drug Administration issued a suspension of operations for Shanghai Husi Foods after the agency's suspicions were aroused that the McDonald's and YUM! Brands supplier was producing food with materials past it's due date.
The supplier uses two production lines, one for chicken and another for beef and pork products.
China Daily stated reporters "who managed to enter Husi workshops said they saw clear evidence that stale beef and chicken were repackaged after processing and their shelf life was prolonged another year."
Shanghai Husi Food produces various products for McDonald's and KFC on mainland China.
The products, according to Husi ECPlaza website include:
- Beef patty
- Fully cooked pork sausage
- Fully cooked chicken nugget
- Shredded lettuce
- Coated fish filet
- Cooked frozen snail meat
- Fully cooked crayfish
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