Walmartis facing fresh accusations of selling substandard products in China just months after a scandal over mislabelling cost its country head his job and damaged the chain’s reputation in a market where food safety is a major concern.
The animal husbandry and foodstuff bureau of Dazhou city, a city of nearly 7m people near Chongqing, said it had asked Walmart’s local branch in January to stop selling pork ribs sourced from diseased pigs.
An official from the bureau said yesterday the news was only made public now because it had been asked by the government to provide the media with “classic case studies” this week – food safety week.