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 McDonald's Holdings Co (Japan) Ltd <2702.T> and Cargill [CARG.UL]
said in separate statements on Wednesday that an investigation
showed the type of plastic found in the McNugget on Jan. 3 by a
customer in Misawa, northern Japan, was not used at the plant in
Saraburi, Thailand where the food was produced.
"We are very confident that the plastic film in the nugget occurred
outside of our production plant," Chuck Warta, president of Cargill
Meats Thailand, said in the statement.
McDonald's Japan said the Misawa store did not use that type of
material either, and that the possibility of the plastic entering
the nugget during food preparation at the store was low. It was thus
unable to determine the origin of the plastic.
News of the find was followed by other complaints of objects
discovered in McDonald's Japan food, including a human tooth in a
french fry, drawing an apology from the company last week.
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The plastic incident was the latest trouble for a fast-food chain
hit by sliding sales. On Friday, McDonald's Japan said same-store
sales fell 21 percent in December from a year earlier, the 11th
straight month of decline, after suffering a shortage of french
fries.
(Reporting by Chris Gallagher; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
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