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The Shanghai Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision inspected Haagen-Dazs' local production line yesterday in response to reports the upmarket ice-cream chain was producing cakes in an unlicensed facility in Shenzhen.
The bureau, which supervises food production, said the company's local facilities are properly licensed and meet all sanitary standards.
Officials didn't say, however, if the inspection was a surprise raid or instigated by the ice-cream chain, which is eager to clear up public doubts about the quality of its products.
Last Thursday, the bureau's counterpart in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, found Haagen-Dazs ice-cream cakes in that city were produced in an unsanitary apartment that didn't have a license for food processing. The "kitchen" supplied all five Haagen-Dazs outlets in Shenzhen.
The problem was reported in the Shenzhen media on Saturday, and by Sunday, seven customers had demanded refunds from the company, reported the Xinmin Evening News.
General Mills China, which owns the ice-cream chain, issued a statement yesterday, saying the Shenzhen issue is an "isolated case." The company said the kitchen was previously licensed to produce cakes for the chain, but the license expired earlier this year and no one bothered to renew it.
The company said the lack of a license had no bearing on the sanitary conditions of the kitchen or the quality of its products.