'Reuse of Expired Bread' at McDonald's Korea... Insufficient Evidence for Prosecution

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Seon-ae] Korea McDonald's, which was reported to the police on suspicion of using food ingredients past their own expiration dates, has received a non-prosecution disposition.

On the 13th, the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul decided not to prosecute the representative A of Korea McDonald's, who was reported last month on the 18th for violating the Food Sanitation Act, due to insufficient evidence.

Earlier, in August of last year, Korea McDonald's was reported to the police on suspicion of reusing food ingredients subject to disposal by attaching date stickers over bread past its own expiration date at a store in Seoul.

At that time, Korea McDonald's admitted to attaching the stickers but explained, "The expiration date (secondary expiration date) is McDonald's own quality control standard to maintain and provide raw material quality at a higher level, and it is set shorter than the generally known distribution expiration date (primary expiration date)."

A police official stated, "We considered the fact that McDonald's own expiration date differs from the general distribution expiration date."

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