Prosecutors refute charges against McDonald's Korea
The prosecution said there was no sufficient evidence to back the beef contamination issue.
The Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office released the result of its investigation into the fast food chain that was prompted by complaints from a few consumers last year, including a mother who claimed McDonald's a burger was responsible for her 5-year-old daughter's incurable kidney disease.
According to Yonhap News, the prosecution said it found no hard evidence to back up the suspicions that McDonald's burger patties were contaminated with a pathogenic microorganism. It said it was thus difficult to establish that an undercooked patty was the cause of the symptoms related to HUS, or the diarrhea and stomach pain other consumers claim to have suffered.
