In China McDonalds KFC and Pizza Hut Probe ExpiredMeat Supply
Health officials have temporarily closed a Shanghai-based meat supplier after it was learned that the firm, which supplies products to major American fast-food restaurants throughout China, may have been selling expired chicken and beef. Both McDonald's and Yum! Brands  owner of KFC and Pizza Hut, with over 6,200 Chinese stores collectively  asked their restaurants on Sunday to abstain from selling meat provided by Shanghai Husi Food Co. after Dragon Television, a local news outfit, reported that the meat company's employees were repackaging meat and extending its shelf life by a year. McDonald's and Yum! have launched their own investigations. Yum!'s sales have rebounded in recent months after a fit of bad publicity early last year, when a state television agency alleged that KFC  the largest restaurant chain in China  was selling chicken containing excessive amounts of antibiotics. Yum! insisted on the safety of its food and said it was working to improve its supply chain.