China food scandal hits McDonald's, KFC
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A new food scandal has erupted in China, threatening to tarnish the reputations of McDonald's, Starbucks and Yum Brands.
An American-owned meat factory operating in China has been accused of selling out-of-date and tainted meat to clients including McDonald's (MCD), Starbucks (SBUX) and Yum Brands (YUM), which owns the KFC and Pizza Hut chains.
Local broadcaster Dragon TV aired footage Monday that showed workers using their bare hands at the food plant to process expired meat, and even food that had fallen on the floor.
After the report, McDonald's and Yum Brands said they stopped orders from the factory, Shanghai Husi Food, a subsidiary of Illinois-based OSI Group.
Yum said in a statement that this may cause temporary shortage of KFC's cheese pork hamburger and BBQ hamburger, and Pizza Hut's stone pan Texas flavor beef.
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Did you see the comment near the end:
"Earlier this year Wal-Mart (WMT) recalled some donkey meat after it was found to be contaminated with fox meat. "Can't have fox in ma donkey meat.
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For sure would affect the flavor of that donkey meat
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None of those brands have much tarnishing to be had. It's like the who's who of low end brands.
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I'll still eat McD chicken nuggets on occasion. 'Murica.
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I can't eat anything there. They even add beef to the fries.
