Wal-Mart withdrew all products from vendor Dezhou Fujude Food Co, after fox DNA was identified in samples
New York: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it’s adding DNA tests of meat it sells in China after recalling donkey products from a local supplier that authorities said contained fox DNA.
Wal-Mart withdrew all products from vendor Dezhou Fujude Food Company Ltd, after fox DNA was identified in samples, the retailer said on Friday in a statement. Yucheng, China authorities put Dezhou Fujude officials in criminal detention, and Wal-Mart is considering legal action, according to the statement.
Wal-Mart said it’s offering compensation to customers and that the testing it’s adding goes beyond what is legally required in China. The world’s largest retailer had previously increased safety measures after contamination and mis-labeling incidents, including a 2012 citation by regulators for selling sesame oil and squid with hazardous levels of chemicals.
“Walmart will spare no effort in fulfilling its obligations as a retailer and in working with government authorities in their investigation,” Greg Foran, the company’s China president, said in the statement on Friday. “Walmart commits to further enhance sample testing in the future.”
Calls to the publicity department of Yucheng police bureau seeking comment went unanswered. An official at Fujude’s general office who asked not to be identified declined to comment.
Last year, Wal-Mart said it would invest 100 million yuan ($16.5 million) over three years to upgrade food safety in China by adding a mobile food-inspection program and increasing supplier training.
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