A Chinese Burger King operator will have to pay the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of dollars after a report on state-owned television revealed that one of its restaurants was purportedly using expired ingredients. The report prompted investigations at several Chinese Burger King restaurants, according to local media. Burger King China apologized on Chinese social media platform Weibo after the report, and said it would cooperate with investigations into the franchisee’s restaurants. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP“We have disappointed the trust of consumers in Burger King,” the company said in its statement, according to the AP. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERFood safety is a particularly touchy issue in China, according to the report.

Source: Fox News August 27, 2020 22:52 UTC