Fast Food Chains McDonald's, KFC in Food Safety Scandal

BANGALORE: A U.S. owned factory in Shanghai is at the center of China’s latest food scandal. OSI, largest supplier, was accused of using expired meat and unhygienic practices, reports CNBC.

A Shanghai reporter who went undercover for 2months in OSI group's Shanghai workshops showed a set of chicken breast and chicken skin that had been expired for around 12 days at the time of the packaging.

A short video clip showed McDonald's inspection team touring the workshop, while a recorded conversation between workers and the reporter indicated the team wasn't aware of OSI's practices.

The reporter asked, "Is it ok to use them?" and the answer was "no problem." The chicken was turned into chicken nuggets.

"The rules are dead, and people are alive, that's simple," a worker said in the report. "Dead rules and alive people" is commonly used in China. OSI did not immediately respond however, they said that the company is cooperating with the investigation and would release a statement shortly.

The same worker said, "We can't let McDonald's or Yum China knows that we add chicken skin", "They won't let us do that. Otherwise, we would lose the contracts. Who wants to do business with you if you break your promise?”  

Once the inspection team left the workshop, the chicken nuggets stored in blue bags were put back onto the production lines along with the edible meat, the video showed.

The report also showed a printed work notice saying, "please help extend the expiration date" on a batch of beef that was already rank; the expiration was extended for another year.

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