food safety

Dr. Jean-Marc F. Blanchard's picture

Nuggets of Wisdom about Beefing up Cooperative Compliance

Roughly ten days ago, Shanghai authorities carried out a raid on Shanghai Husi Food Co. (owned by US-based OSI Group), a supplier of beef, chicken, and pork products to fast food chains such as KFC, convenience store FamilyMart, and coffee chain Starbucks. The raid occurred after undercover reporting revealed the use of expired meat and poor safety practices at Shanghai Husi. Various Shanghai Husi employees have charged the firm used meat that had passed its expiration date, mixed dirty meat with clean meat, doctored expiration labels, falsifying reports, and violated employment law.