A Papa John's restaurant in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, has been closed temporarily for using expired dough to make pizza crusts, in the latest scandal to hit the fast food industry.

Officials from the local food and drug administration on Saturday found that the restaurant in Pukou district sold 42 pizzas made from expired dough. They also discovered some expired meat products that had gone bad.

Xu Wenjun, director of the administration's policy and regulation department, said the meat has been sent to the district's health and epidemic prevention center for testing.