Another popular tea shop in China has been busted for storing rotten produce.
Coco and its affiliated stores have been ordered to rectify and improve the franchise’s food safety management after a Coco shop in Jiangsu province was found to have a moldy lemon and rotten grapefruit in storage.
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According to a video post by Beijing News, Jiangsu city officials carried out a surprise food safety check at a Coco shop in Huai’an prefecture-level city on August 20, uncovering the health code violation. As a result, the milk tea franchise is expected to take steps in preventing this type of incident from reoccurring.
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A spokesperson from Coco’s parent company told Beijing News that they are conducting an internal investigation into the aforementioned Coco shop, and are working with local food safety officials to make the necessary changes as required by the department.
Chinese milk tea consumers are no stranger to Coco’s products. The franchise boasts more than 2,000 franchises around the globe (the heavy majority of which are in the PRC), serving up a range of milk and fruit teas, among other juices.
The news has been trending on Weibo in recent days, with over 170 million users following the topic, as of press time. Some Weibo users don’t seem to mind too much about one shop’s fruity mishap, with one person posting “I don't care, I don’t care. I still like it. I only drink Coco.” Others called out the shop for poor management, with one Weibo user writing, “ Food safety is of the utmost importance. Regardless of how you address it. You still have to face this problem head on. Do you still want consumers to trust you?”
Last month, substandard food safety practices were uncovered at a tea shop in Beijing. An undercover reporter investigated popular tea shop chain Tea Land (甘茶度), and discovered that rotten flesh of mangos and bananas were mixed in with ripe fruit and overnight tea was resold to customers.
[Cover image: screengrab via @新京报动新闻/Miaopai]
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