American fast-food chain Burger King has been exposed for using expired food materials to make hamburgers in China, the annual consumer rights show said Thursday, state media CGTN reports. The investigative reporters also discovered that the burger stores failed to follow the company's prescribed operating standards and procedures. After the show aired, Burger King China apologized in Chinese on popular Chinese social media platform Weibo and said a working group has been set up to investigate those stores involved, which business has been suspended. First aired in 1991, the annual consumer rights show is run by China Central Television. The show, known as "315" in reference to global consumer rights day on March 15, should have been aired in March but was delayed to July 16 due to the virus pandemic.

Source: The Standard July 17, 2020 05:48 UTC