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    Wal-Mart Recalls Donkey Meat (Guess what it really was.)

    Wal-Mart Recalls Donkey Meat in China

    U.S. Retailer Says It Will Boost DNA Testing of Meat Products


    By LAURIE BURKITT
    Jan. 2, 2014 2:05 a.m. ET

    BEIJING— Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT +0.38% is recalling donkey meat sold at some of its China stores after government tests showed the meat contained the DNA of other animals.


    The retailer will provide 50 yuan, or roughly $8.25, compensation to customers who bought the "Five Spice" donkey meat, and it is boosting its own DNA testing for meat products sold in its China stores, a spokeswoman said Thursday. Authorities in China's eastern Shandong province said in late December that the retailer's product contained fox meat.


    The Wal-Mart spokeswoman said the donkey meat—which is commonly consumed in Chinese cuisine—is sold in only two stores in Jinan, the capital of Shandong. Wal-Mart is working with authorities to investigate the product and its manufacturing process, the spokeswoman said, adding that the retailer may take legal action against its supplier.


    The Bentonville, Ark., company has come under fire in the past for food safety in China. Last year officials in the southern city of Nanning accused it of using expired eggs in baked goods. A Wal-Mart spokeswoman said that the issue was resolved, without elaborating. The company also is working with government officials in China to ensure food manufacturers also monitor product safety, she added, as that oversight currently falls predominantly on the retailer.


    Wal-Mart has heightened its food-safety practices in China since a 2011 scandal in which officials in the southwestern city of Chongqing accused it of mislabeling regular pork as more-expensive organic meat. The incident led to the temporary closure of 13 stores, the arrest of two employees, the detention of 35 others and a fine of 3.65 million yuan ($575,000).


    Since then, Wal-Mart has overhauled management at its stores in Chongqing and implemented a new food-safety compliance system across the nation.


    The retailer also announced last year that it would invest 100 million yuan over three years to strengthen food-safety management in its China stores.


    Consumer trust in the Chinese food industry remains shaky even years after six babies died and 300,000 others were poisoned by drinking milk tainted with the industrial chemical melamine in 2008. The chemical was used to mimic the properties of protein in milk and enable producers to make higher profits by passing off more liquid as milk.


    Globally, consumers have been fearful of the quality of meat products after a scandal last year revealed many products labeled as beef contained horse meat.


    China is an important growth market for Wal-Mart, which is China's No. 3 megamarket retailer by market share, according to the most recent data from market-research firm Euromonitor International.


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    1. Rat meat passed off as lamb in China, report says - Los Angeles Times

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      by Shan Li
      May 6, 2013 - Now China is dealing with a meat scandal that involves passing rat ... in a scheme to sell a mixture of rat, mink and fox meat -- combined with ...
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