SFDA seals 100 tons of meat products from 9 firms
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THE Shanghai Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that about 100 tons of food products from nine companies had been sealed as the probe into meat scandal spread across the country.
The food products came from nine companies, including McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Papa Johns, Dicos and 7-Eleven, all of which were found to have used Shanghai Husi Food Co Ltd’s products, the administration said.
Initial investigation showed that Shanghai Husi was involved in organized illegal production and sales practice.
“The illegal practice was not an individual act, but rather an organized arrangement by the company,” Yan Zuqiang, director of the administration, said yesterday.
Till date, 5,108 cases of processed beef, chicken and pork products and mini steak were found to be made from expired raw materials at Husi’s warehouse after officials checked 160 tons of raw materials and 1,107 tons of processed food products there, Yan said. The SFDA yesterday ordered the company to file a detailed report in three days.
Yang Liqun, general manager of the processing department of the OSI Group China, said the company had established its own investigation team to deal with the scandal.
Yan wanted to know what the company did for one-and-half hours when the company’s security guards blocked the FDA officials from entering the premises during a raid on Sunday night.
He warned that the company stands to face severe punishment if it was found to have covered up facts and falsified production records and documents.
Shanghai Television reported yesterday that the OSI Group refused to comment on the scandal. The company however called for an emergency meeting into the incident.
Elsewhere, authorities in China rushed to seal suspicious meat products in fast food chains, including McDonald’s and KFC.
The food and drug administration of Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, sealed 9.6 tons of Husi products at warehouses and outlets of McDonald’s, KFC and Dicos.
Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province, also sealed 1.77 tons of beef steaks and over 6 tons of chicken and pork products at KFC and Pizza Hut and McDonald’s.
Officials in the two cities said the chains had voluntarily stopped selling the tainted products and sealed Husi supplies after the scandal broke.
Guangdong and Guangxi provinces and Inner Mongolia have also acted on the scandal, Xinhua news agency reported.
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