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US food supplier OSI's criminal trial opens in Shanghai

Two OSI China units and 10 employees are charged with producing and selling sub-standard products

Published Mon, Dec 28, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    Shanghai

    THE long-awaited China trial of US food supplier OSI Group opened in Shanghai on Monday, kicking off the final act of a scandal that dragged in fast-food giants McDonald's Corp and Yum Brands Inc.

    In July 2014, a Chinese TV report allegedly showed workers at a Shanghai unit of OSI using out-of-date meat and doctoring production dates, a scandal which rippled as far afield as Japan and prompted apologies from OSI clients McDonald's and Yum.

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