????各大新聞社本周三報(bào)道稱，在對麥當(dāng)勞（McDonald’s Corp）、肯德基（KFC）母公司百勝餐飲集團(tuán)（Yum Brands Inc.）以及星巴克（Starbucks）等連鎖快餐肉類供應(yīng)商的調(diào)查中，中國警方拘留了五名相關(guān)人士。

????其中有涉及案件的上海福喜食品有限責(zé)任公司（Shanghai Husi Food Co. Ltd.）的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。該公司是位于芝加哥的福喜集團(tuán)（OSI Group）旗下公司。據(jù)新華社報(bào)道，福喜的質(zhì)量部經(jīng)理張暉在審訊中供認(rèn)，公司“在高層領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的默許之下，多年來一直進(jìn)行著違法生產(chǎn)?！?/p>

????上周末，東方衛(wèi)視（Dragon TV）將這一丑聞曝光。節(jié)目指出，上海福喜將過期肉類與新鮮肉類混在一起，還在將掉在地上的肉餅裝運(yùn)發(fā)貨。

????路透社報(bào)道稱，上海消費(fèi)者保護(hù)部門已經(jīng)在福喜中國公司查封了超過1,000噸可疑產(chǎn)品，還在福喜的部分客戶處封存了100噸產(chǎn)品。

????福喜集團(tuán)在本周早些時(shí)候?qū)Υ酥缚乇硎尽罢痼@”，公司正在全面配合調(diào)查。

????OSI在網(wǎng)站發(fā)表聲明稱：“福喜集團(tuán)管理層相信，本次事件是一起個(gè)體事件。集團(tuán)愿為整個(gè)事件承擔(dān)全部責(zé)任?！?/p>

????OSI的所有者及董事長謝爾登?拉文隨后在周三發(fā)表聲明，表示這起事件是“完全無法接受的”。

????他說：“我不會(huì)試圖辯護(hù)或是尋找借口。如此可怕的錯(cuò)誤發(fā)生在了我擁有的公司，這讓我震驚無比?！?/p>

????百勝集團(tuán)在一份電子郵件中聲明：“福喜作為一家享有聲譽(yù)的大型跨國企業(yè)，旗下公司竟然發(fā)生由管理人員主導(dǎo)、有組織實(shí)施的違法違規(guī)和不誠信行為，這令人難以置信和無法接受?！?/p>

????百勝表示已經(jīng)停止向上海福喜的采購，并已安排其他供應(yīng)商調(diào)貨。此事不會(huì)影響中國肯德基餐廳的供應(yīng)。不過，聲明稱必勝客（Pizza Hut）可能會(huì)“有少數(shù)產(chǎn)品臨時(shí)斷貨”。

????在過去幾天中，隨著上海福喜的客戶群浮出水面，丑聞的波及面也越來越大。除了向中國的麥當(dāng)勞和肯德基餐廳供應(yīng)肉類外，福喜還向日本的麥當(dāng)勞和FamilyMart供應(yīng)雞肉產(chǎn)品。

????這一丑聞對于麥當(dāng)勞和百勝等過去20年中在中國迅速擴(kuò)張的企業(yè)而言，可能會(huì)產(chǎn)生不良的政治后果。新華社引用商務(wù)部研究院消費(fèi)經(jīng)濟(jì)研究部副主任趙萍的話，稱企業(yè)管理層能力不足，缺乏培訓(xùn)，是“食品安全丑聞不斷”的原因之一。

????截至本周三早些時(shí)候，麥當(dāng)勞尚未就該事件發(fā)表評論。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：嚴(yán)匡正

????Chinese police have detained five people in an investigation into a supplier of meat to fast-food chains including McDonald’s Corp KFC parent Yum Brands Inc. and Starbucks , agencies reported Wednesday.

????Those arrested include the head of the company concerned, Shanghai Husi Food Co. Ltd., which is owned by Chicago-based OSI Group. Chinese state-owned news agency Xinhua said that Zhang Hui, manager of Husi’s quality control department, had confessed during interrogation that the company “has been conducting the malpractice for years under tacit approval of senior managers.”

????The scandal erupted at the end of last week after the network Dragon TV aired a documentary alleging that Shanghai Husi mixed expired meat with good meat and used meat salvaged from the floor in its shipments.

????Reuters reported that Shanghai consumer protection authorities had sealed more than 1,000 tons of suspect produce from OSI in China, and another 100 tons of produce at selected customers.

????OSI Group had said earlier this week it was “appalled” by the allegations, and is fully cooperating with the investigation.

????“Our company believes this to be an isolated event, but takes full responsibility for the situation,” OSI said on its website.

????Sheldon Lavin, OSI’s owner and chief executive, followed up with a statement Wednesday saying that what happened “is completely unacceptable.”

????“I will not try and defend it or explain it,” he said. “It was terribly wrong, and I am appalled that it ever happened in the company that I own.”

????Yum said in an e-mailed statement that it “It is difficult to believe and completely unacceptable that the management of Shanghai Husi, a division of OSI, would oversee and organise illegal and dishonest operations.”

????It said it has stopped buying from Shanghai Husi and arranged alternative supplies, and consequently doesn’t expect any disruption to KFC restaurants in China. However, it said Pizza Hut might experience “some temporary shortages of certain products”.

????The scandal has widened in the last couple of days as the extent of Shanghai Husi’s customer base has become clear. In addition to supplying meat to McDonald’s and KFC in China, it has also supplied chicken products to McDonald’s and to FamilyMart in Japan.

????The scandal appears to be creating the risk of political consequences for the likes of McDonald’s and Yum, which have expanded rapidly in China over the last two decades. Xinhua quoted Zhao Ping, deputy director of an arm of the Ministry of Commerce specialising in international trade, as saying that inadequate management capacity and training was responsible for “continued food safety scandals.”

????No-one at McDonald’s was immediately available to comment early Wednesday.