Less than a day after their debut, two shrimp burgers vanished from McDonald's Taiwan menus — pulled not by poor reviews, but by the quiet discovery of a banned antibiotic in the very ingredient meant to delight. Nitrofurans, prohibited across Taiwan and much of the world due to concerns raised in animal studies, were found at trace levels in shrimp cutlets that had arrived with supplier certifications in hand. The episode is a reminder that in global food supply chains, the distance between assurance and certainty can be measured in parts per billion — and that a single laboratory finding can
McDonald's halts shrimp burger sales across Asia after banned antibiotic detected
Customers who purchased contaminated burgers on Wednesday or Thursday morning will receive refunds; potential health exposure from banned antibiotic residues.