This Yangzhou fried rice then got into a big mess, with pictures surfacing online showing the world's largest portion of fried rice being arbitrarily stepped on by workers, and large quantities of the finished product being loaded into garbage trucks for removal.
The move immediately triggered netizens to complain, accusing the organizers of "wasting food", "putting on a show" and "mishandling" the event.
Subsequently, Yangzhou officials responded that the more than 4 tons of egg fried rice only 150 kilograms due to storage time is too long, is not suitable for consumption, so sent to the feedlot, and the rest of the relevant units involved in the recycling, and did not dump waste.
Today, Guinness World Records officials told Xinhua that the "largest portion of fried rice" challenge held in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, on the 23rd was invalid due to the waste of food.
Guinness World Records Greater China marketing director Yang Lina said: "We have received a written report from the organizer of the receiving unit to receive the food, but the organizer has made it clear that there is indeed 150 kilograms of fried rice has not been handled appropriately, contrary to our large-scale food records on food ultimately for the public to eat the provisions of non-waste, and therefore We have informed the organizer that this record challenge is invalid."
Lena Yang said Guinness World Records has strict rules for large food records, requiring that food used in the challenge is ultimately for public consumption and must not be wasted in any way.
Lena Yang also said that Guinness World Records does not accept any unethical records. On average, Guinness World Records receives about a thousand applications a week, 95 percent of which are rejected.