2020 "3-15 evening party" had exposed the Jiangxi Province, Nanchang City, a number of Burger King restaurant, there is the use of food ingredients over the shelf life of food processing, as well as cutting corners and other damage to the rights and interests of consumers.August 25, Jiangxi Province, Nanchang City, the Market Supervision Bureau issued a problem of restaurant Punishment notification:

Nanchang "Burger King" restaurant's registered name is Nanchang City, Xin Kai Catering Company Limited, in Nanchang City **** there are six stores, respectively, Honggutan Lianfa Rainbow Store, Honggutan Causeway Bay Plaza Store, Wangfujing Shopping Center Store, Ying Shi Plaza Store, Gaoxin Xincheng Wuyue Store and Hengmao Dream Time Store.

It was found that the above six stores had used food ingredients beyond the shelf life to produce food, violating the provisions of Article 34 (3) of the Food Safety Law.

Also identified, Honggu Tan Lianfa Rainbow store also existed in the burger production jerry-built to harm the rights and interests of consumers, in violation of the "infringement of consumer rights and interests of the penalties" Article 13 (1) of the provisions of the Act. In response to the above violations, according to the "Food Safety Law" Article 124, paragraph 1 (b), "infringement of consumer rights and interests of the penalty approach" Article 15, Nanchang City Market Supervision Bureau of six stores imposed confiscation of illegal income and fines, confiscated money *** total 916,504.02 yuan .

Nanchang Xin Kai Catering Co., Ltd. intentionally implement the production of food with more than the shelf-life of food ingredients, according to the "Food Safety Law Enforcement Regulations," Article 75, paragraph 1, paragraph 1 (a) of the provisions of the legal representative of the top of the fine, the main person in charge, the person in charge directly responsible for the competent person and other directly responsible personnel were sentenced to the corresponding fines, fines totaling 2816029.78 yuan.

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Nanchang Burger King related issues

Global large-scale chain enterprise Burger King, claiming that "flavor is king, food fresh" "" Every Burger King meets Burger King's crown standard." However, this year's 315 Evening Party exposed Burger King's modification of the shelf life of expired buns for re-sale, sparking heated debates among netizens.

According to CCTV Finance, Burger King Honggutan Rainbow Shop in Nanchang City, the staff to make burgers "lack of catty", less tomato or cheese; manager found that the bread expires, instructed employees to change the label, has passed the shelf life of the bread was made into a burger to sell to the customer, even if the food is prone to mildew and deterioration in the summer, the shelf life of the change as usual! The company's newest product is a burger, which will be sold to customers.

Burger King Nanchang Wangfujing store, not only is the expiration date of the bread was re-modified shelf-life and then sold, the expiration date of the South American-style chicken thigh steak was also asked to modify the label to extend the shelf life. Employees at a number of Burger King restaurants in Nanchang are not surprised. Nanchang Burger King Causeway Bay store manager: "Headquarters also know. Yes, people are from the grassroots, when the store manager when how many years."

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