涉嫌出售过期肉食品上海福喜5人被拘

Chinese police have arrested five employees of a Shanghai-based food supplier accused of selling expired meat to several fast food chains in China, including McDonald's and KFC.

Shanghai police said Wednesday those arrested include the head of the Husi Food Company and its quality manager. Husi Food Company is a unit of the U.S.-based food supplier OSI Group.

China's Dragon TV on Sunday reported workers at Husi were mixing expired meat with fresh product, relabeling out-of-date goods, and using meat that had fallen onto the floor.

The official Xinhua news agency on Wednesday quoted officials as saying some of the problems at Husi were not limited to certain individuals, but were "an arrangement organized by the company."

Restaurants including McDonald's, KFC, Burger King and Starbucks have pulled products using Husi's meat. There have been no reports of widespread sickness. Some of the meat was also sold in Japan.

The report has angered many Chinese, who are particularly sensitive toward food safety issues following repeated food safety scandals in recent years that have killed many people, including infants.