In China, two Burger King restaurants pinned to have sold expired food

Burger King has assured "take the incident seriously and have closed the restaurants in question for inspection.

The american giant of fast food, Burger King has introduced in China its "most sincere apologies", after the broadcast of a reportage of the public television pinning two restaurants in the country to have used ingredients that are out of date.

In a program that is very followed released Thursday by the CCTV, an employee of a Burger King in Nanchang (centre) is seen in the process of replacing the labels on packets of bread are out of date. In another restaurant of the city, an employee falsifies the expiration date of the chicken.

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Burger King has assured "take the incident seriously and have closed the restaurants in question for inspection, in a press release published Thursday. "Our error has betrayed the trust of the consumers towards Burger King and we present our most sincere apologies", adds the sign of fast food.

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The topic raised on Friday, a lot of reactions on chinese social networks, in a country hit by regular food scandals. "I'm really disappointed. I will never eat at Burger King," wrote a user on the platform, Weibo. These restaurants should be closed for good," railed another.

Burger King, which has over a thousand restaurants in China, employs about 25 000 people in the country. In 2014, the chinese authorities had closed a factory suspected of having sold expired meat to major food companies including Mcdonald's, KFC or Pizza Hut (Yum).

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China is confronted with food scandals, ranging from recycled cooking oils to the eggs dyed with dyes harmful. The scandal of melamine-contaminated milk had caused in 2008 in the death of six children.

Date Of Update: 17 July 2020, 19:58