The 2014 scandal hit television news when an employee
blew the whistle on unsanitary practices at the plant.
Yum Brands and McDonald’s stopped buying from the plant
which the company subsequently closed.
According to the Shanghai Daily newspaper, Husi was fined
16.98 million yuan ($2.55 million) and had its food production license revoked
by the Jiading Market Supervision and Management Bureau and OSI China was fined
7.3 million yuan ($1.09 million) and given a warning by the Xuhui Market
Supervision and Management Bureau.
Shanghai Husi and those involved in the case are banned from
food production and management for five years and face restrictions in areas
such as credit and land use, according to Shanghai Daily.
In February 2016, a Shanghai court fined two units
of OSI Group 2.4 million yuan (US$365,000) and sentenced 10 people to prison.
At that time, OSI called the ruling an
injustice, saying the original China TV report was “sensationalized” and “false
and incomplete.”
