Irregularities found in 18 outlets of Starbucks
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Market regulators in eight Chinese cities said they had carried out inspections of Starbucks shops after the US coffee chain said it found food safety issues at two outlets in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi.
The checks followed a newspaper report on Monday that the two outlets in Wuxi had used expired ingredients in their drinks.
Shanghai’s market regulators said no problems had been detected during inspections by officials of the Minhang District market regulators.
Irregularities, however, were found at 18 outlets of Starbucks in Suzhou by Jiangsu Province city’s market regulators. These included irregular sales and purchase records, uncovered trash bins, improper storage of food ingredients and mixing of food and other items in storage.
Some employees were also found working without masks.
In total, 226 stores of Starbucks in Suzhou were inspected on Tuesday.
The Beijing News reported on Monday that staff at one of the Wuxi stores extended the expiration date of the black tea and matcha materials for an additional week.
Starbucks issued a statement after the report apologizing for the violations and saying it would conduct inspections and staff training at its more than 5,000 stores across China.
City authorities also carried out urgent checks on Starbucks outlets in Nanjing, Changsha, Wuxi, Hefei and Yinchuan, according to local media reports.
The Hefei regulators also said they had not found any problems. The others did not indicate the results of the inspections.
China is the largest market for Starbucks outside the United States, with 5,360 stores as of October 3.
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