SEOUL/CHEONGJU, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A hamburger from McDonald’s was found to have an excessive level of a bacteria known to cause food poisoning, a local consumer agency said Thursday, as the U.S. fast-food giant is facing troubles here with a series of complaints filed over its patties. After conducting a survey on the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. fast-food chain McDonald’s, embroiled in a controversy over alleged undercooked hamburger patties, has filed a court injunction seeking to ban the disclosure of the result of a consumer agency’s probe, the agency said Tuesday. The Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) originally planned to publish a press release the same [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. fast-food chain McDonald’s is facing further trouble in South Korea as more complaints were filed on Wednesday over undercooked hamburger patties, which allegedly caused at least one girl to become ill. A family, whose identity was withheld, filed a complaint against McDonald’s Korea with the Seoul Central District [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Fast food restaurants offering burgers and fries found few takers as stores sat nearly empty over the weekend thanks to a “burger phobia” that is spreading like wildfire. The heightened wariness towards eating hamburgers is due to the belief that they may contain undercooked or unhealthy ingredients. The phrase “burger [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A criminal complaint was lodged against the South Korean unit of McDonald’s on Wednesday by parents who claim that their daughter became permanently ill after eating one of its burgers that was served with undercooked meat. The plaintiffs said their four-year-old girl was diagnosed with hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), a [...]