Walmart's Chinese Donkey Meat Got a Little Too Foxy

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In what may be 2014’s biggest revelation to date, we now know that the fox says “I’m not a donkey.”

Three things we learned from today’s Wall Street Journal story:

  • Walmart operates in China’s Shandong province
  • “Five spice” donkey meat is popular among customers in said province
  • Walmart will now pay approximately $8 to each person who bought that delicious product after testing revealed the presence of DNA from other animals (including foxes) in the meat

What else is there to know?

Chinese authorities are pissed, Walmart may sue its provider…and this isn’t the first time the world’s biggest retailer has had to deal with the consequences of selling poor-quality products to Chinese consumers.

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