McDonald’s, which was forced to stop providing certain items on its menu due to a food safety scandal, will reinstate its full menu in some Chinese cities this week.
According to Reuters, Beijing and Guangzhou’s McDonald’s will restore full menus this week while Shanghai’s menus will go back to normal later this month.
“We will go back to the origin of the food, where the food comes from, so it will take a longer time and is not as easy as people may think. We are doing a very stringent inspection to make sure the food meets the government’s requirement and McDonald’s standards,” a spokeswoman in China told Reuters.
The giant fast-food chain stopped buying meat from Shanghai Husi Food, a part of the OSI Group, after it was accused of mixing expired meat with fresh food and ignoring the production dates. The decision led to meat shortages in its Chinese stores, and thus menu cuts.
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Chinese police have arrested six people of Shanghai Husi for the matter.
The food safety scandal not only affected McDonald’s, but also other fast-food chains in China. Yum, which owns KFC and Pizza Hut, said the incident had led to “significant negative” damages to its sales.
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