UPDATE 2-In China meat scandal, McDonald's Japan switches to Thai chicken, no nuggets in Hong Kong

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - McDonald's Corp has suspended sales of chicken nuggets and other items in Hong Kong after it said it imported products from Shanghai Husi Food, the U.S.-owned Chinese company at the centre of a food safety scare in China.

McDonald's said it imported certain products from Shanghai Husi between July last year and June this year, although no food items from the Shanghai supplier remained in stock.

In Japan, McDonald's Holdings Co (Japan) said on Friday it would halt all imports of chicken products from China and shift that business to Thailand, boosting purchases from existing suppliers McKey Foods Services (Thailand) Ltd, a unit of Keystone Foods, and Cargill Thailand.

Last year, Thailand supplied 62 percent of McDonald's Japan's chicken product imports, with China supplying the remainder.

FULL story at link.



Read more: http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/07/25/china-food-hongkong-idINL4N0Q001S20140725

[tomm2thumbs]

1. it was inevitable... first dogfood and now McDonald's chicken nuggets

not much of a leap actually

<g>

[valerief]

2. US-owned Chinese company. Why even bother with national labels? It's not

like taxes get paid or laws are observed anyway.

Then again, China executes bad CEOs. Hmm.

[cynzke]

3. Just Some Foreigners....

Not like some US company would do that HERE if they could! LOL!

[Eric J in MN]

4. I buy Crispy Tenders at Target.

"Crispy Tenders," in the frozen food section of Super Targets, are meat-free but taste practically identical to chicken nuggets.

They're made by Gardein.



http://gardein.com/products/seven-grain-crispy-tenders-2/

[loudsue]

5. NONE of the trade agreements have added any sort of food safety regulations. THAT is

what is wrong with the "New World Order" that bush senior so proudly ushered in.