2 Husi branches fined for scandal

Husi Food Co's Shanghai and Hebei branches, which were found to have supplied products with substandard meat to fast food chains, were fined 1.2 million yuan ($182,000) each by a Shanghai court on Monday.

The two branches, which were accused by Shanghai Jiading District People's Court of producing and selling counterfeit products, were former suppliers to restaurants and fast food chains across the country, including McDonald's, KFC, Pizza Hut and Starbucks. Husi was a subsidiary of US-based global food processor OSI Group.

The court also said that Yang Liqun, general manager of the deep processing division of OSI Group and an Australian citizen, was sentenced to three years in prison, fined 100,000 yuan and ordered to be deported.