McDonalds Halts Sale of Nuggets in Hong Kong: Report

By Staff Reporter - 25 Jul '14 05:26AM

McDonald's Corporation suspended the sale of chicken nuggets and some other food products in Hong Kong after reports of Shanghai Husi food supplying expired meat came out.

Hong Kong's food safety regulator assured people that they would not allow sales of any food product imported from the Shanghai Husi company into the state, reports Reuters.

McDonald's used product imported from Shanghai Husi Food, a Chinese unit of U.S based food supplier of OSI Group. Its other customers in China include Yum Brand owned KFC, coffee chain Starbucks and Burger King.

McDonald's all Hong Kong units have stopped selling McSpicy chicken filets, chicken and green salads, fresh corn cups and iced lemon tea.

The fast food chain imported certain products from the shanghai Husi between July last year and June this year, but no food items from this supplier remained in stock , said McDonald in a statement to Reuters .

"We reiterate that until today, all the food sold at McDonald's restaurants conforms to the food safety standard under Hong Kong legal regulations," said the firm.

.Approximately 500 stores of McDonald in Japan have removed nuggets, McSpicy chicken filets and some other items from its menu. According to the firm, it would resume after it switches to other supplier in China and Thailand.

Yum, the parent of KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants, has also decided to not buy any products from OSI in the U.S, Australia and elsewhere in China, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Food safety is one major issue for Chinese consumer after the 2008 scandal where industrial chemical melamine contaminated dairy products left six infants dead and many thousands sick.