As McDonald’s Holdings Co. (Japan) reels from a string of food safety incidents, authorities in Kagoshima Prefecture revealed Thursday they a report was received in August last year about a metal fragment found in french fries sold at one of the burger chain’s stores.
The prefecture said health authorities in Aira received a letter on Aug. 22 containing the fragment and claiming it was found in fries sold on Aug. 3.
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