"McDonald's Supplier OSI China Trial Concludes in Shanghai", 30 Dec 2015

A Shanghai court concluded a trial of OSI Group LLC, the U.S. meat supplier that sells to McDonald’s Corp. but got ditched by Yum! Brands Inc. in China for allegedly selling out-of-date products, according to a court official. No schedule for a verdict on the two China units of the Aurora, Illinois-based has been announced…Shanghai and Hebei Husi Foods Ltd., along with 10 employees, had been charged by prosecutors in September, according to a statement posted on a Shanghai government website.

The trial comes more than a year after a Chinese TV channel report that alleged Husi workers were repackaging and selling expired chicken and beef. The ensuing fall-out prompted China and Japan-based fast-food chains from Yum-owned KFC to McDonald’s to halt supplies from OSI and pull products from menus, hurting earnings. Ding Ying, a Shanghai-based spokeswoman at OSI, declined to comment. [refers to PepsiCo]