Starbucks was exposed: private label change, use expired ingredients, scrapped pastries and then put on the shelves! Says an internal investigation has begun!

Per edit: Huang Sheng

On December 13, the well-known coffee brand Starbucks was exposed to the problem that coffee ingredients expired and continued to sell, the shelf life was arbitrarily changed, and the scrapped pastries were put on the shelves, and then Starbucks said that it had launched an internal investigation and would reply as soon as possible.

Starbucks China said it had opened an internal investigation

According to the Beijing Youth Daily reported on December 13, Starbucks China said that in response to the two stores in Wuxi Starbucks that tampered with the shelf life of raw materials and promised to sell the pastry the next day after opening, it has begun an internal investigation, and the results will be replied as soon as possible.

The reporter found through the Starbucks App inquiry that as of press time, one of the stores involved, the Wuxi Starbucks Zhenze Road store, one of the stores involved, has been displayed as "closed for business", and another store involved, starbucks Wuxi Changxing Building Store, can still be ordered.

The two stores were exposed to tampering with the shelf life of raw materials

On the morning of December 13, according to the Beijing News, undercover investigations at two Starbucks stores in Wuxi found that some stores frequently touched the red line of food safety.

Ingredients continue to be used after expiration, making a variety of best-selling drinks for sale, if there is a lot of old material leftovers, the clerk will directly tamper with the shelf life. Black tea and matcha liquids, which originally had a shelf life of only one day, often have a lot left at the expiration time, so tampering with the shelf life often occurs. The store supervisor is also aware of this behavior, the supervisor, the clerk "words and deeds" to tamper with the shelf life, some ingredients were artificially "extended" for a week.

Tampering with the shelf life of ingredients is not a special operation of this Starbucks store. At another Starbucks store, they did the same thing with expired ingredients.

Pastries that promise to "stay overnight after opening" are secretly on the shelves the next day. One supervisor made it even clear that he would put the rest of the previous day on the counter and continue to sell, "first sell the leftovers from yesterday, and then sell the new ones today." ”

In addition, the above-mentioned stores also have health problems such as wiping the garbage can with a bar towel and not discarding the towel, but continuing to use it, as well as handling the problem ingredients in advance to cope with inspections.

Daily economic news is synthesized from Beijing Youth Daily and Beijing News

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