On Sept. 7, a video expose went viral online. Titled ? Shanghai, a restaurant live crabs subcontracting dead crabs loose and tight back kitchen, the whole process was photographed by diners.? Surfing news reporter saw in the video, the waiter in the operating table, will be a large live crab weighing, and then, with a tray end to the order of the customer over the eyes. But after the display, the crab is not sent to the back kitchen, but directly into the temporary storage tank. For this reason, the filmmaker suspected that the waiter with dead crabs to substitute live crabs, business as a way to deceive consumers. The video shows that she and her girlfriends were eating at the Simply thai Tian Tai restaurant in Jing'an Kerry Center. The video shows her and her girlfriends eating at the Jing'an Kerry Center store when they inadvertently discovered that the store's staff had swapped dead crabs for live ones. The video shows that the staff at the store had swapped dead crabs for live ones.
The user also captioned the story: ? At first I found out the waiter showed the guest weighed live crab and then put it back, took a dead crab to the back kitchen, I reminded the table of the guest, the guest asked to see the crab again just now, I caught it on camera.? Currently, the above user's video has garnered over 180,000 likes, and over 10,000 comments.
On September 7, Shanghai Tiantai Catering Service Co. released a Statement. The Statement said? Recently, a netizen released through social media? Stealing and replacing dead crabs? s video, causing media reports and interviews to the store. The company attaches great importance to this, launched an internal investigation, the store involved in the relevant surveillance video for a detailed understanding. Food safety and hygiene has always been its top priority, and announced a customer service phone number.
In addition, the company also said in the "statement", welcome supervision, but if the investigation, the relevant events are seriously inaccurate, will also retain the right to resort to law, to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the company.
The Beiqing-Beijing headline reporter learned that the Shanghai Jing'an District Market Supervision Bureau has carried out an on-site inspection of simply thai Tiantai (Jing'an Kerry Center store) involved in the video. Jing'an District Market Supervision Bureau said that no dead crabs were found. Law enforcement officers further checked the status of the restaurant's records of reported losses, and no records of reported losses of dead crabs in September were found.
The bureau then interviewed the person in charge of the business. The enterprise said that the video shooting time for the dinner time on September 4, due to the restaurant traffic, a lot of crabs can not be processed in the first time, so after the customer confirmation will be marked back to the tank to ensure that the crabs survive, there is no dead crabs swap live crabs behavior. The Jing'an District Market Supervision Bureau replied to the media that it will further investigate and verify the situation reflected in the public opinion, and if illegal behavior is found, it will be severely investigated and dealt with according to the law.
Law enforcement officers of the bureau then interviewed the person in charge of the enterprise. The enterprise said that the public opinion video shooting time for September 4, due to the dinner time restaurant traffic, a lot of crabs can not be processed in the first time, so after the customer confirmation will be marked and put back to the fish tank to ensure that the crabs survive, there is no dead crabs to swap live crab behavior.
The surging news reporter from the Shanghai Catering Industry Association was informed that in the catering industry, the phenomenon of saying that good fresh food is well-marked and put back into the temporary pool does exist. The purpose is to minimize the dehydration of fresh food and the time spent in the kitchen. Surfing news reporter in the online video, did not see to mark the crab. Of course, it can not be ruled out that because of the shooting angle and other reasons, the restaurant did marking but not presented. Jing'an District Market Supervision Bureau revealed that the next step, will further investigate and verify the situation reflected in the public opinion, such as the discovery of illegal behavior will be severely investigated and dealt with according to law.