Only in China...
via Telegraph
via Telegraph
China may be about to ring in the year of the horse, but it is a fox meat scandal that is plaguing the country's supermarkets.
US retail giant Walmart has recalled its 'five spice' donkey product from some stores in China amid fears that the meat, a regional speciality, has been contaminated with fox.
Walmart admitted it found traces of DNA from other animals after testing its donkey meat, which food regulators in the eastern province of Shandong said contained fox.
The supermarket, which has 359 outlets in China and plans to open another 110 stores in the coming years, said it will help the Shandong food regulator investigate its Chinese supplier, and tighten up its food safety rules. It said the person in charge at the supplier factory has already been detained.
"We are deeply sorry for this whole affair," said WalMart's China boss, Greg Foran. "It is a deep lesson that we need to continue to increase investment in supplier management."
US retail giant Walmart has recalled its 'five spice' donkey product from some stores in China amid fears that the meat, a regional speciality, has been contaminated with fox.
Walmart admitted it found traces of DNA from other animals after testing its donkey meat, which food regulators in the eastern province of Shandong said contained fox.
The supermarket, which has 359 outlets in China and plans to open another 110 stores in the coming years, said it will help the Shandong food regulator investigate its Chinese supplier, and tighten up its food safety rules. It said the person in charge at the supplier factory has already been detained.
"We are deeply sorry for this whole affair," said WalMart's China boss, Greg Foran. "It is a deep lesson that we need to continue to increase investment in supplier management."
