Recently, some netizens posted on social media that when they were working at a Zhengxin chicken steak restaurant in Zhanggong District, Ganzhou City, they found that the store had health and safety hazards such as flies contaminating food and cooking oil being used repeatedly for more than 20 days without changing the oil. On July 30, the reporter contacted the netizen who posted on the post, according to him, because the sanitary environment of the back kitchen of the store was too poor, she chose to resign on the night of her entry. In response to this situation, on July 30, a staff member of the Catering Service Supervision and Management Unit of the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Zhanggong District, Ganzhou City, responded to reporters that he had indeed received a notice of the incident on the morning of the 30th, and had arranged for staff to conduct a special inspection of the oil used in the stores involved in the afternoon and test the oil. If this is the case, it will be dealt with later.
The resigned clerk posted: "The oil of the chicken cutlet has not been renewed for more than 20 days"
Recently, some netizens posted on social media that when they were working at a Zhengxin chicken steak restaurant in Zhanggong District, Ganzhou City, they found that the store had health and safety hazards such as flies contaminating food and cooking oil being used repeatedly for more than 20 days without changing the oil.
In the picture posted by the netizen on social media, there are suspected black flying insects on the chicken cutlet to be fried in the back kitchen. In the accompanying text, he wrote: "After wrapping the chicken steak, the flies will not throw it, and the shovel will be poured back into the chicken steak powder bag." ”
In addition to questioning the presence of flies in the back kitchen, the netizen also mentioned that the store involved was suspected of having the oil of the chicken cutlet repeatedly used. He wrote on social media: "The oil of the chicken cutlet was not changed for more than 20 days, and after filtering the oil residue, it was poured back and reused. At the same time, it also said that the store's hygiene management was chaotic, "a rag wiped the floor and wiped the refrigerator, and wiped the frying board and wiped the oil pan ......"
According to the netizen's own statement, when she was working in the back kitchen of the store involved, she found that "the oil of the chicken cutlet has become black and dark, and the oil smoke will sting in the eyes when frying."
On July 30, the reporter contacted Ms. Xu (pseudonym), a netizen who posted a post. She told reporters that she entered the Zhengxin chicken chop restaurant involved in the incident on July 27 to work for the summer, and was assigned to be responsible for the work of breading and chicken cutlets. ”
The store involved: The content of the picture is one-sided, and the police have been called
On the afternoon of July 30, the reporter contacted the store involved in Zhanggong District, Ganzhou. A clerk explained that the content shown in the relevant screen was the situation before the store was cleaned, but not after the actual cleaning.
"All employees are responsible for the hygiene of the store, and Ms. Xu works in the store, so she also has the duty to clean. But not only did she not clean in time, but took photos before cleaning and leaked the kitchen footage to upload to the Internet. These contents are one-sided, and we have called the police. The clerk said.
In response to Ms. Xu's reflection that the store's "chicken cutlet oil will be used repeatedly", the clerk gave a negative answer, saying: "In the online photos, you can see that the kitchen has prepared new oil, if you use old oil, why do you need to prepare new oil?" As for how to dispose of the waste oil, the clerk responded: "The waste oil in the store will be handed over to a professional company for unified disposal, but it is true that people do not come to recycle the old oil every day." ”
In addition, regarding Ms. Xu's claim that the oil has a peculiar smell, the clerk explained: "Because the barrel containing the oil is plastic, it will inevitably have other smells after high temperatures." ”
As for Ms. Xu's claim that "the chicken steak is repeatedly taken out and thawed and refrozen", the staff member explained, "We thaw the packaged chicken steak naturally, and the store will estimate the dosage before opening every day, and the difference will not exceed 10 pieces." After thawing, we put it in the refrigerator and it was completely edible by the next morning. ”
The owner of the store who claimed to be involved explained and apologized in the comment section of Ms. Xu's post
Local Market Supervision Bureau: A special inspection has been carried out on the oil used by the stores involved
In response to this situation, on July 30, a staff member of the Catering Service Supervision and Management Unit of the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Zhanggong District, Ganzhou City, responded to reporters that he had indeed received a notice of the incident on the morning of the 30th, and had arranged for staff to conduct a special inspection of the oil used in the stores involved in the afternoon and test the oil. If this is the case, it will be dealt with later.
At the same time, the staff pointed out: "According to the regulations, the edible oil of the restaurant cannot be reused, and the garbage generated in the operation area is also required to be cleaned up every day." The staff stressed that even during the cleaning process and before cleaning, flies and other foreign objects are not allowed, which belongs to the "three prevention" facilities (note: food safety "three prevention" facilities refer to fly-proof, dust-proof, and rodent-proof facilities) are not in place.
According to media reports, Zhengxin chicken steak has been frequently searched for food safety issues in the past two years. In November last year, Zhengxin Chicken Chop Zhangjiajie franchise store was exposed by netizens because of "rat infested". The video shows three rats jumping out from under the frying pan of the chicken cutlet in the store and gnawing on food scraps on a tin foil plate stacked on a cardboard box. After that, the store was seized by the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Yongding District, Zhangjiajie.
In August 2023, some netizens exposed that in the Yizheng New Chicken Chop Shop, employees stepped on the operating table to cut their toenails, and the owner responded that he was a private franchise, and the employees he invited did not pay enough attention to food safety, and then dismissed the employees involved.
The topic "Zhengxin Chicken Chop is being abandoned by young people" once rushed to the hot search list on Weibo.
According to the store data officially released by Zhengxin Chicken Chop, as of January 2022, it has 25,000 stores across the country, and the latest data from the third-party platform Narrow Door Dining Eye shows that as of December 1, 2023, the number of stores of Zhengxin Chicken Chop is only 11,619. In less than two years, the number of Zhengxin chicken steak stores nationwide has shrunk by more than 10,000.
Source: Xinhuanet Financial Comprehensive