date:Jul 25, 2014
Eight months ago in front of a crowd of food industry executives gathered at a fancy Chicago hotel, a top McDonald's Corp executive lauded the boss of meat supplier OSI Group for his dedication to the fast-food giant's McFamily.
On Wednesday, McDonald's stood by its long-time business partner OSI in the face of a deepening food safety scandal at a unit of OSI in China where five people are detained.
Fast food chain KFC's parent Yum Brands cut ties to OSI, but the history of McDonald's and OSI