em_te Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/walmart-china-hit-with-food-safety-scandal-as-employee-goes-undercover-to-detail-violations/ 08/8/2014 A senior [Walmart] employee, who has been with the company for 8 years, has detailed many of the company?s unsafe food preparation techniques. On August 7, the Guangdong news program ?One Time? broadcast an episode in which a long-time employee of the Walmart in Gonghu, Shenzhen claimed the store engages in a number of unsafe food preparation practices. To prove it, he agreed to wear a camera and go undercover while on the job. Since last year, Walmart has implemented a strict cost control policy in order to maximize profits. The employee alleges that the oil used to deep fry foods for customers is of inferior quality because it is regularly reused. The unidentified employee said: According to my vast experience, the oil is not changed for half a month to a whole month at least. Sometimes, it?s not even changed at all. When workers copy the kitchen records, they would write, ?(Oil) already changed.? The whistleblower also revealed that raw ingredients for cooked foods are often a week old. Despite being a supermarket, fresh ingredients come in once a week and are kept refrigerated at 0 to 5 degrees Celsius to well past the food?s date of expiry. According to the employee, another incident involved a customer who returned a bag of rice because it had grown mold and attracted worms. However, instead of throwing it away, the rice was given to the cooked foods department which prepared and sold it to customers for lunch. Meanwhile, Walmart President and CEO Sean Clarke just announced in a meeting with Shenzhen mayor Xu Qin that as many as nine new Walmart stores may be coming to Shenzhen in the next five years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+John Teacake MVC Posted September 5, 2014 MVC Share Posted September 5, 2014 Race to the bottom..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I bought a 60 cent italian loaf of bread today at Walmart. Hope the critters were fresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 In China, they even make copies of food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Anyone else find it amusing that Walmart, arguably one of the largest and most visible examples of Western Capitalism, exists in "communist" China? :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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