Dive Summary:
- In the wake of food safety crackdowns and several food scandals, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is investing 100 million yuan ($16.3 million) in stronger food safety management at its Chinese stores.
- The company is expanding a mobile food safety lab pilot from 33 stores to 70 in China's southern Guangdong province, and its investment will also increase food inspection, supply-chain management and supplier training over the next three years.
- Wal-Mart came under fire in the city of Nanning on Wednesday for allegedly using expired eggs in baked goods as Chinese officials are in the midst of a food-safety crackdown following a string of incidents involving adulterated and mislabeled meats.
From the article:
... A Wal-Mart spokesman said the retailer is paying close attention to the situation in Nanning and is cooperating fully with authorities to investigate the matter. "At this time we have no evidence at all confirming this problem," the spokesman said.
Chinese authorities are conducting a food-safety crackdown. Police recently arrested 904 people on suspicion of selling adulterated and mislabeled meat products, according to a report from Xinhua. The adulteration included injecting water into meat and treating rat, mink and fox meat with chemicals in order to pass them off as beef and mutton, the report said. ...
