--- description: Health officials have temporarily closed a Shanghai meat supplier after it was learned that the firm may have been selling expired meat. title: China: McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut Probe Expired-Meat Supplier image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80373cf6afde9495/69869c75169ab028ef27a69a/rtr3dd7e.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # In China, McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut Probe Expired-Meat Supply by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 21, 2014 5:31 AM CUT  A McDonald's logo is seen next to a logo of KFC in Wuhan, Hubei province, Feb. 5, 2013. A McDonald's logo is seen next to a logo of KFC in Wuhan, Hubei province, Feb. 5, 2013.Darley Shen—Reuters by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 21, 2014 5:31 AM CUT 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](http://quotes.wsj.com/YUM "undefined") in recent months after a fit of bad publicity early last year, when a state television agency [alleged that KFC](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323706704578229362923520102 "undefined") — 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. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3010631/mcdonalds-kfc-pizza-hut-china-expired-meat-shanghai-husi-food/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3010631/mcdonalds-kfc-pizza-hut-china-expired-meat-shanghai-husi-food/"},"headline":"In China, McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut Probe Expired-Meat Supply","datePublished":"2014-07-21T05:31:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:15:04.776Z","description":"Controversies over food safety are a fact of life in China","url":"https://time.com/3010631/mcdonalds-kfc-pizza-hut-china-expired-meat-shanghai-husi-food/","keywords":["Food","China","Mcdonald's","Food Safety","Pizza Hut","Shanghai","KFC"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80373cf6afde9495/69869c75169ab028ef27a69a/rtr3dd7e.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80373cf6afde9495/69869c75169ab028ef27a69a/rtr3dd7e.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A McDonald's logo is seen next to a logo of KFC in Wuhan, Hubei province","caption":"A McDonald's logo is seen next to a logo of KFC in Wuhan, Hubei province","creditText":"Darley Shen—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3010631/mcdonalds-kfc-pizza-hut-china-expired-meat-shanghai-husi-food/","name":"In China, McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut Probe Expired-Meat Supply"}}]}] ```