Jakarta Globe, Kiyotaka Matsuda, Jan 07, 2015
McDonald’s Japan business and Cargill are investigating complaints objects were found in chicken nuggets made by a Cargill unit in Thailand, the restaurant chain’s second food-safety crisis in six months.
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McDonald’s Japan business and Cargill are investigating complaints objects were found in chicken nuggets made by a Cargill unit in Thailand, the restaurant chain’s second food-safety crisis in six months.
The
affected nuggets, supplied by Cargill Meats Thailand, were sold at two outlets
in Japan, including one in Tokyo, spokesman Takashi Hasegawa said.
“We have
already begun an investigation into this matter,” Bruce Blakeman, vice
president of corporate affairs for Cargill Asia Pacific, said in a statement.
Cargill,
based in Minneapolis, will work closely with McDonald’s as its investigation
progresses, he said.
McDonald’s
Japan had switched sources of chicken nuggets to three Thailand factories,
including two of Cargill’s, after a food supplier scandal in China hit
McDonald’s restaurants in both countries last July, Hasegawa said.
The change
came after Shanghai Husi Food, a unit of Illinois-based OSI Group, was featured
in a local television report on July 20 that showed workers repackaging old
meat and changing expiration dates.
The
Japanese chain last year withdrew its forecast for first profit increase since
2011 and predicted a 17 billion yen ($142 million) net loss in 2014 after
suspending sales of the chicken nuggets from China.
It was also
forced to ration french fries last month after a labor dispute at US ports
crimped supplies of potatoes.
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McDonald’s, the world’s largest restaurant chain based in Oak Brook, Illinois,
on Dec. 8 posted its worst monthly US sales decline in more than a decade and
said the China food scare took a toll on profit.
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