Beijing News reporter Peng Jingtao Editor Li Binbin Liu Jiani Proofreader Wang Xin
On the morning of December 13, the Beijing News published an investigative report "Reporter Undercover Starbucks: Expired Ingredients Continue to Sell, Shelf Life Is Arbitrarily Changed, Scrapped Pastries Are Put on the Shelves The Next Day", exposing that there are a variety of health safety hazards in two Starbucks stores in Wuxi, Zhenze Road Store and Changxing Building Store: Ingredients continue to be used after expiration, and are sold as a number of best-selling drinks; supervisors and clerks "teach by example" to tamper with the shelf life, and some ingredients are artificially "extended" for a week; pastries that promise to "not stay overnight after opening" are secretly put on the shelves the next day.
▲ On November 6, at the Starbucks Wuxi Zhenze Road store, a clerk was tampering with the shelf life information, only to see him tear off the old label and attach a new label, and the matcha liquid that was supposed to expire was artificially extended. Beijing News reporter Han Futao photographed
On the morning of the 13th, the Beijing News reporter called the Food Business Department of the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Xinwu District, Wuxi City, and a staff member said that they had investigated and collected evidence at the site of the Starbucks Zhenze Road store, and the details of the investigation would be announced according to the situation; the Wuxi Economic Development Zone Market Supervision and Administration Bureau also told reporters that the staff had rushed to the Starbucks Changxing Building Store for on-site investigation.
Subsequently, Starbucks China official blog released news that Starbucks China has paid attention to reports about two Starbucks stores in Wuxi. Deeply shocked by the food safety issues covered in the report. Highly concerned about this incident, the two stores were closed at the first time and an in-depth investigation was immediately launched.