"Fast-food chains must disclose suppliers", 11 Aug 2014

Shanghai's food and drug administration is requiring five restaurant chains to release information on their suppliers on their websites, according to a city government circular released on Saturday. The five enterprises－Yum! Brands, McDonald's, Dicos, Burger King and Carl's Jr. [part of CKE Restaurants]－were all involved in a food scandal that exposed Shanghai Husi Food Co for using expired meat and forging production dates...The circular said the requirement aims to strengthen supervision over food suppliers based on China's food safety laws. All five enterprises began publicizing supplier information on their websites on Sunday. The city government's circular...also requires enterprises to destroy expired and unsafe food...Experts said the requirements might help build a system to trace sources of raw food materials and strengthen supervision of food enterprises. The Shanghai Municipal People's Congress recently said a hearing to draft a provision on tracking food safety information will be held on Aug 12...