Sentences with phrase «expired meat»

A supplier for both companies was found to be selling expired meat.

Burger King, Yum Brands and Starbucks were all affected by the Chinese expired meat scandal, with Yum Brands announcing last week that it estimated that same - store sales in China fell about 13 percent in the third quarter from a year ago.

It operated a factory that was shut down in July on account of mixing expired meat with fresh products.

A Chinese investigative television program found one of the company's suppliers had mixed expired meat with fresh chicken and beef, and caught workers picking up meat from the factory floor instead of tossing it away.

APMEA sales decreased 14.5 percent in August, due in large part to the Chinese expired meat scandal.

(Presumably, this future does not include the risk of serving expired meat — which the company's China subsidiary ran into earlier this year when one of its suppliers was caught repackaging old ground beef.)

China's food safety agency said on its website that its investigators found unspecified illegal activity by Husi Food Co. but gave no confirmation expired meat had been found or other details.

In a post-farm world, a smaller industry will handle expired meat and restaurant grease.

The incident was sparked by a local TV report that showed workers at Shanghai Husi, a major McDonald's supplier, allegedly using expired meat.

Food safety has haunted China over the decade, from the 2008 Chinese milk scandal where milk formula is adulterated with melamine to the 2014 tainted meat scandal when expired meat is supplied to fast - food joints such as KFC and McDonald's.

Six employees from a unit of US food supplier OSI Group have been arrested by Chinese authorities for alleged involvement in the sale of expired meat products to fast food companies.

That means protein from actual meat based sources, not the animal byproducts, low quality expired meat from grocery stores or meat that isn't fit for human consumption.

The scandal surrounding a McDonald's supplier selling expired meat has continued to damage McDonald's performance in Japan and China.

The increased transparency around ingredients ties into Yum's international plans as the company slowly recovers from an expired meat scandal in China.

There have also been a handful of one - off disasters, including a supplier in China accused of selling expired meat and the closure of nine company - owned restaurants by the government in Russia.

While Pizza Hut floundered prior to a menu makeover and KFC struggled following an expired meat scandal in China, Taco Bell reliably increased sales and maintained social media buzz throughout 2014.

The change was aimed at boosting confidence in product quality after Chinese supplier Shanghai Husi Food Co Ltd was accused of selling expired meat.

Sales for the owner of KFC and Pizza Hut declined, but less just than expected after news that a Chinese firm had supplied the company with expired meat.

The smell if off a bit an wanted to know if it is not safe to feed this expired meat to our dog.