Walmart's delicatessen is questionable
- By Wu Jin
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E-mail China.org.cn, August 8, 2014
A recent TV news program in Shenzhen revealed that a local Walmart cooked deli products with overused oil and stale meat.
The video clip was from a Walmart delicatessen cook who shot the food processing line with a hidden camera.
In the video, the oil was darkened after frying over 100 pieces of chicken. But instead of being replaced, it continued to be used after being infused with a small proportion of new oil, which was added in case of food quality tests.
"Based on my observation, oil in the supermarket is changed most frequently over half a month or a month. Sometimes, it is not changed at all. And the cooks only need to sign ‘already changed' on a form to deal with the exam," the senior employee from Walmart who shot the video revealed.
Walmart is reported to have stringent food processing regulations, which stipulate the use and discarding of raw materials. But the regulations are futile in practice when Walmart is resolved to focus so heavily on controlling costs.
According to the employee, in addition to the oil, the meat used in the delicatessen is also past its expiration date. Rules for the use of raw materials stipulate that meat should only be frozen from -5 to 0 Celsius degrees for seven days or less, but the frozen poultry processed in Walmart has often been stored for over seven days.
Moreover, instead of returning rice discovered with bugs to suppliers, the supermarket would use it to make delicatessen products.
The local industrial and commercial department in Luohu Sungang, Shenzhen, where the Walmart is located, is now investigating the case.
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