Starbucks headquarters conducted self-inspections of stores nationwide

The Beijing News reporter learned from the Wuxi Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau that after the Beijing News published the report, the Market Supervision Bureau has organized staff to inspect the Starbucks stores in Wuxi, and the inspection results are still being collected.

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Beijing News reporter Peng Jingtao Editor Liu Qian Proofreader Li Lijun

On the afternoon of December 13, Starbucks China's public relations staff told the Beijing News reporter that after the Beijing News published an investigative report today entitled "Reporter Undercover Starbucks: Expired Ingredients Continue to Sell, Shelf Life Is Changed At Will, Scrapped Pastries Are Put on the Shelves The Next Day", Starbucks China Headquarters held a meeting to start a self-inspection of Starbucks stores across the country.

In addition, the Beijing News reporter learned from the Wuxi Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau that after the Beijing News published the report, the Market Supervision Bureau has organized staff to inspect the Starbucks stores in Wuxi, and the inspection results are still being collected.

▲ 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 December 13, the Beijing News published an investigative report entitled "Reporter Undercover Starbucks: Expired Ingredients Continue to Sell, Shelf Life Is Changed At Will, and Scrapped Pastries Are Put on the Shelves the Next Day". The report pointed out that the ingredients of two Starbucks stores in Wuxi continued to be used after expiration, and were sold as a number of best-selling drinks; the supervisor and the clerk "taught by example" to tamper with the shelf life, and some ingredients were "extended" for a week; the pastries that promised to "not stay overnight after opening" were secretly put on the shelves the next day.

At noon on the 13th, Starbucks China's official Weibo responded, "We have paid attention to reports about two Starbucks stores in Wuxi. We are deeply shocked by the food safety issues covered in the report. We are highly concerned about this incident, and have closed these two stores at the first time and immediately launched an in-depth investigation.

In the 22 years since entering the Chinese market, we have been committed to implementing strict food safety standards and adopting a resolute zero-tolerance attitude towards food safety issues. We welcome the public and the media to conduct continuous supervision of us. ”

According to the official website of Starbucks, Starbucks opened its first store in Chinese mainland china world trade center in Beijing in January 1999. At present, Starbucks has opened 5,400 stores in more than 200 cities in Chinese mainland, with more than 60,000 Starbucks partners.

Duty Editor Kang Hee-hee