McDonald's global food chain has apologized for the incident where they were accused of deploying meat bought from a company which has used expired stocks.

This incident resulted in controversies in many parts of the Asian region as McDonald's is one of the most widely spread food chains in the world. The controversy occurred when the Chinese authorities raided OSI meat company in China as they were caught distributing expired meet to McDonald's and OSI's other customers.

However an official from McDonald's Sri Lanka said The incident did not have any effect on McDonald’s operations in Sri Lanka. 

He has mentioned that all meat products used by McDonald’s in Sri Lanka are locally procured.

On last Wednesday, Chinese police detained five people from the unit of US food supplier OSI Group, in a case involving expired meat sold to fast food giants including McDonald’s and KFC.

Shanghai authorities on Sunday shut an OSI plant for mixing out-of-date meat with fresh product, re-labeling expired goods and other quality problems, following an investigative report by a local television station.

McDonald’s outlets in Hong Kong had stopped selling chicken nuggets and Japanese restaurants stopped selling meat products made of meat imported from China.

Meanwhile, Global Times of China reported today that the OSI Group CEO had once again apologized for the incident. "The incident was completely unacceptable ... I apologize sincerely," said Sheldon Lavin, CEO of OSI Group, at a press conference in Shanghai on Monday.

The CEO announced that the company's Chinese operation team would be restructured and incorporated into the international management team.

Amoung the controversy, ISO meat have taken steps to establish 'meat quality assurance' centers within their infrastructure to prevent such incidents in the future.