Wal-Mart withdrew all products from vendor Dezhou Fujude Food Co, after fox DNA was identified in samples
New York: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it’s adding DNA tests of meat it
sells in China after recalling donkey products from a local supplier
that authorities said contained fox DNA.
Wal-Mart withdrew all products from vendor Dezhou Fujude Food Company
Ltd, after fox DNA was identified in samples, the retailer said on
Friday in a statement. Yucheng, China authorities put Dezhou Fujude
officials in criminal detention, and Wal-Mart is considering legal
action, according to the statement.
Wal-Mart said it’s offering compensation to customers and that the
testing it’s adding goes beyond what is legally required in China. The
world’s largest retailer had previously increased safety measures after
contamination and mis-labeling incidents, including a 2012 citation by
regulators for selling sesame oil and squid with hazardous levels of
chemicals.
“Walmart will spare no effort in fulfilling its obligations as a
retailer and in working with government authorities in their
investigation,” Greg Foran, the company’s China president, said in the
statement on Friday. “Walmart commits to further enhance sample testing
in the future.”
Calls to the publicity department of Yucheng police bureau seeking
comment went unanswered. An official at Fujude’s general office who
asked not to be identified declined to comment.
Last year, Wal-Mart said it would invest 100 million yuan ($16.5
million) over three years to upgrade food safety in China by adding a
mobile food-inspection program and increasing supplier training.
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