Probe into old bread at bakery
By Zhang Xuanchen |
April 14, 2011, Thursday
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A bakery chain in south China's Guangzhou City is being investigated after a former employee claimed workers had been recycling outdated bread to make new product for the past three years.
Investigators with the Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau of Haizhu District took samples from the Guangzhou New Sweetism Food Co for test on Tuesday, after a report in the Guangzhou Daily.
The former worker, identified as Xiao Wen, told the newspaper that almost 70 percent of unsold expired bread that was returned to a plant was mixed with fresh flour to make new products.
The products, with prices ranging from 6 yuan to 12 yuan (US$1.84), were then relabeled with a new expiry date before they reached the shelves of the company's 15 Honey Cake outlets and some high-end ice cream shops in Haizhu District.
Xiao provided nearly 20 photos taken inside the plant to show the whole process.
A Guangzhou Daily reporter who went to the company's plant to investigate witnessed a worker throwing returned bread into a mixer.
Xiao said the company had been using recycled bread for at least three years. But there had been no complaints of food poisoning cases. According to the label, the bread had a shelf life of three days.
Xiao said he felt so guilty about the situation he decided to quit his job and expose what he had seen.
Investigators with the Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau of Haizhu District took samples from the Guangzhou New Sweetism Food Co for test on Tuesday, after a report in the Guangzhou Daily.
The former worker, identified as Xiao Wen, told the newspaper that almost 70 percent of unsold expired bread that was returned to a plant was mixed with fresh flour to make new products.
The products, with prices ranging from 6 yuan to 12 yuan (US$1.84), were then relabeled with a new expiry date before they reached the shelves of the company's 15 Honey Cake outlets and some high-end ice cream shops in Haizhu District.
Xiao provided nearly 20 photos taken inside the plant to show the whole process.
A Guangzhou Daily reporter who went to the company's plant to investigate witnessed a worker throwing returned bread into a mixer.
Xiao said the company had been using recycled bread for at least three years. But there had been no complaints of food poisoning cases. According to the label, the bread had a shelf life of three days.
Xiao said he felt so guilty about the situation he decided to quit his job and expose what he had seen.
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