The Chinese manufacturer of beer Tsingtao Brewery said on Monday it had alerted police and taken measures to prevent contamination after a video apparently showing a worker urinating in a production tank went viral.
The video, which shows a warehouse worker in blue overalls and a yellow hat climbing into a container and urinating on its contents, has racked up tens of thousands of views on Chinese microblogging site Weibo since it appeared on Thursday, and has raised concerns about food safety among Internet users.
“The problem is how to assure the public that existing beer raw materials are not contaminated,” wrote one internet user.
Shanghai-listed Tsingtao shares fell as much as 7.5% in early trading on Monday, before recovering to close down 0.37%.
Tsingtao stated in a statement to the Shanghai Stock Exchange that “attaches great importance” to the incident, and that security authorities were investigating.
“The batch of malt in question is completely sealed”Tsingtao said, adding that the company’s production and operation continued normally.
Source: Reuters
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