Incident File · 2014-07-20
Shanghai Husi expired meat supplier scandal
In 2014, Shanghai Husi was accused of reprocessing expired meat and altering dates, affecting McDonald's, KFC, Pizza Hut, and other chains.
Incident Severity
★★★☆☆
The case touched major restaurant supply chains and alleged systematic date manipulation, but no confirmed casualties, so it is rated 3 stars.
Verified by two or more sources
Key Facts
- Jurisdiction
- China
- Category
- Expired or relabeled food
- Affected
- 6200
- Deaths
- 0
- Injured/Ill
- 0
- Duration Days
- 30
- Sources
- 2
BBC and TIME reported that Shanghai regulators shut the Husi plant after a television investigation, while major restaurant brands suspended meat from the supplier. Shanghai Husi was a China unit of OSI Group.
Companies and Brands
Direct company
Parent or controller
Brand or licensor
Legal or Regulatory Basis
Shanghai regulators shut the plant after media reports alleged expired meat was reprocessed and relabeled for restaurant chains.
Sources
- China suspends McDonald's and KFC's meat supplier, BBC News, 2014-07-21
- In China, McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut Probe Expired-Meat Supply, TIME, 2014-07-21