Yum cuts ties to owner of China meat plant after scandal

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Yum cuts ties to owner of China meat plant after scandal

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/shanghai-husi-foods-food-safety-violations-company-led-000356831--sector.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dFhdSK231Z_SwNRU5OioTw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-23T193438Z_4_LYNXMPEA6M001_RTROPTP_2_YUM-BRANDS-FOOD-SAFETY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Employees stand during a seizure conducted at the Husi Food factory in Shanghai" align="left" title="Employees stand during a seizure conducted at the Husi Food factory in Shanghai" border="0" /></a>By Brenda Goh and Paul Carsten SHANGHAI/LANGFANG China (Reuters) - Yum Brands Inc severed ties with OSI Group after Shanghai police detained five people from the supplier's China meat-processing factory at the center of a food-safety scare that has ensnared several major Western brands. Shanghai police said on Wednesday the five individuals being held included the head of Shanghai Husi Food Co Ltd as well as its quality manager. &quot;Yum China has decided to immediately terminate all procurement from OSI China,&quot; including Shanghai Husi, Yum said in a statement. OSI China and its Shanghai Husi business are part of Aurora, Illinois-based OSI Group LLC, which said in a statement that local Chinese authorities have inspected all of its other facilities in China and found no issues.</p><br clear="all"/>

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