Expired meat sold to global brands Shanghai Husi Food Co Ltd supplied products containing expired meat to McDonalds, KFC,Pizza Hut, Starbucks, and Burger King. The products where sold in numerous countries including Japan.[88] McDonalds Corp and KFCs parent Yum Brands Inc apologized to Chinese customers after the scandal was exposed. Shanghai Husi Food Co Ltd based in China is a unit of U.S.-based OSI Group LLC.[88] The company was forced in July 2014 to shut down after local television station Dragon TVran footage of the companys factory workers picking hamburger patties and meat from off the factory floor and throwing them directly into meat mixers. Also bare hands handled poultry and beef on the assembly line. The footage also showed sewage and trash spread on the floor of the processing plant. In addition, the expired meat, which was described as “stinky” by workers, was either concealed by mixing it together with non-expired meat, or simply altering its expiration date.[citation needed]
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