Court denies arrest warrants for 3 officials at McDonald's supplier over patty scandal
A Seoul court refused to approve arrest warrants early Tuesday for three officials from a burger patty supplier of the local unit of McDonald's accused of overlooking hygiene control that allegedly caused some consumers to get sick.
The Seoul Central District Court dismissed the prosecution's writ requests on three executives, whose identities were withheld, saying that it is difficult to acknowledge the need and reasons for their arrests. Prosecutors filed for the warrants on Thursday, charging them with violation of the law regarding safety and hygiene control over livestock products.
They are accused of overlooking a hygiene test for patties that might be susceptible to a type of bacteria that causes a form of acute kidney failure known as hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), and of still supplying them to McDonald's Korea.
But the court said there is insufficient evidence to prove the supplier's patties inflicted harm on consumers. It accepted the defense argument that the supplier provided reasonable grounds to believe the manufacturing process complied with international standards.
The Seoul prosecutors' office released a statement to media to refute the argument. It said its investigation has found the company sold at least tens of millions of hamburger patties that were either contaminated or suspected of being contaminated with the bacteria.
It claimed the supplier also doctored the infection result in which about 1 million of the patties tested positive for the harmful virus, known as 0-157, and delivered them to McDonald's.
The prosecution also accused the company of skipping additional tests required to finally determine whether the patties were infected with the bacteria. It said it plans to file for arrest warrants a second time once they supplement the case.
Prosecutors have been investigating the local unit of the US fast food chain on suspicions that several consumers, including a 5-year-old girl, became sick after they ate McDonald's burgers served with undercooked patties.
The young girl's mother filed a complaint in July seeking a probe into McDonald's, saying that her daughter now suffers from HUS and has to receive dialysis for the rest of her life.
Prosecutors raided McDonald's Korea's headquarters and three of its partner firms last month to seize evidence. Joh Ju-yeon, the chief of the Seoul unit, has expressed regret over the issue. (Yonhap)
- 最近发表
-
- How to watch 'Kinds of Kindness': When is it streaming?
- North Korea’s fertility rate reaches all
- When net neutrality is in peril, this old chart swoops in
- South Korea, US to announce whether to suspend joint drills
- How much for Oasis tickets? Fans joke about splurging on reunion shows
- 天地馈赠成就富饶湛江!湛江农海产品,邀世界共享
- Laila Ali shares sweet photo of her dad with his granddaughter
- Maisie Williams had the perfect response to this Daily Mail headline
- New Grok response directs users to Vote.gov for election questions
- Laila Ali shares sweet photo of her dad with his granddaughter
- 随机阅读
-
- Black Friday GPU Buying Guide: November GPU Pricing Update
- I play 60 minutes then I wouldn't play the next game: Sanchez
- 我市肾脏病质量控制分中心成立
- 吃猪肉,广东人是最认真的
- Foreign, multicultural students rise amid declining school population
- When and where to watch the Puppy Bowl 2023
- What are Facebooks new comment moderation tool updates?
- 壮美大渡河人与水的千年之恋
- PS5 Pro: It looks like a sketch of the design just leaked
- 2024 Polestar 2 gets more powerful engines, better batteries
- 我市著名画家耿继斌亮相川台《巴蜀画谈》
- 欣农互联李海刚:用数智化手段,将生猪养殖育种业务串起来
- Kamala Harris’ ridiculous problem with the political press.
- TikTok removes viral video ad of suspected Joe Rogan AI deepfake
- Laila Ali shares sweet photo of her dad with his granddaughter
- 刘耀光院士:生物育种步入快速发展新时代
- Tesla Robotaxis aren't coming in August, it seems
- The left explodes at media after Hillary Clinton declared presumptive nominee
- The latest 'Last Jedi' teaser could hint at a dark storyline for Rey
- Laila Ali shares sweet photo of her dad with his granddaughter
- 搜索
-
- 友情链接
-