McDonald's Korea pulls Chungju corn burger early after customers report finding stones
- Source
- The Korea Herald - Business
- Source link
- https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10828098
- Published
- 2026-08-02 11:39:29
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-02 05:20:33
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- South Korea
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
McDonald's Korea ended sales of its new burger featuring locally produced corn after multiple customers reported biting into what they claimed to be small stones. The global hamburger chain said on Sunday that it stopped selling the Chungju corn cheese croquette burger nationwide as of Thursday at 8 p.m. Launched on July 9, the burger featuring a deep-fried cheese croquette filled with glutinous corn kernels from Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, was originally scheduled to remain on sale thr
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