• Date:
  • Category: News

After some branches of the well-known American fast food chain giant McDonald's in China were exposed to tampering with food shelf life labels and using expired ingredients, McDonald's China said on May 13, 2024 that it was cooperating with the local market regulatory authorities to investigate.

According to the Beijing News, reporters from the newspaper went undercover at McDonald's Zhengzhou Excellent Agricultural Federation Restaurant and McDonald's Jinan University Restaurant and found that both restaurants had multiple food safety issues, including tampering with food shelf life labels to "extend" and using expired ingredients. , selling food after its shelf life and cutting corners. At McDonald's Zhengzhou Excellent Agricultural Federation Restaurant, the quality of fried oil exceeded the standard. The local Market Supervision and Administration Bureau responded by saying that it had conducted random inspections to collect evidence.

McDonald's China later said on its official website: "We are actively cooperating with the local market regulatory authorities to conduct investigations and verifications. We will never tolerate any violations of operating standards and will deal with them seriously."

McDonald's China also said that it deeply apologizes for the impact of the restaurant involved, and emphasized: "We are bound to further strengthen the implementation and enforcement of restaurant operating standards, and insist on passing on correct values ​​to every restaurant and every person. staff."