A McDonald's restaurant in Beijing was closed for business Friday as its other outlets across the country were closely inspected for potential food safety loopholes. The inspections were ordered by China's food watchdog after state TV exposed violations at the Beijing outlet in Sanlitun, Shanghai Daily reported.

McDonald's was among a number of companies, including Carrefour and Shanghai Roadway D&B, whose food and management irregularities were highlighted the CCTV program "China's Consumer Rights Day" on Thursday.

The McDonald's Sanlitun outlet in the Chinese capital sold chicken wings 90 minutes after they were cooked, in contravention of the company's 30-minute rule, according to footage broadcast by CCTV. Store staff were also seen changing expiry dates and picking up raw beef that had fallen on the ground and putting it back in its packaging.

In a statement issued Friday, McDonald's said: "Though it is an isolated case... we'll immediately investigate the restaurant and mete out serious punishment."

(China.org.cn, CNTV March 19, 2012)

《上海日報》報道，繼麥當勞北京三里屯店的違規操作被央視曝光之后，國家食品藥品監督管理局要求麥當勞全國門店嚴格檢查食品安全漏洞。周五，麥當勞三里屯店已經歇業。

麥當勞只是中央電視臺在消費者權益日（周四）曝光的諸多公司之一，包括家樂福和羅維鄧白氏，分別存在食品和管理方面的不規范。

央視播出的錄像顯示，麥當勞三里屯店銷售炸制后1個半小時的雞翅，違反了該公司的30分鐘原則。餐廳員工修改食品過期日期，還撿起掉在地上的生牛肉直接放回裝中。

周五麥當勞發布的一份聲明說：“盡管這只是個案……我們會立即調查該餐廳，并將給與嚴懲。”