"Yuck! My Favorite Jelly, I'm Never Eating It Again"... Bare-Handed Yellow Peach Packaging Sparks Another China 'Hygiene Controversy'

Chinese Factory Packed Yellow Peach Jelly with Bare Hands
Past Food Hygiene Controversies Also Resurface

Concerns over hygiene have arisen after footage emerged of employees at a food processing plant in China packaging yellow peach flesh with their bare hands, without wearing sanitary gloves.

Handling Yellow Peaches Bare-Handed Without Gloves... Chinese Internet Users: "I Can't Eat This"

Workers at a food processing plant in China package yellow peach flesh without wearing sanitary gloves. Threads

A post recently appeared on social media saying that employees at a yellow peach jelly factory in China had packaged the fruit flesh with their bare hands. The author, identified as A, said, "A video shared by an employee at a food processing plant in Anhui Province, China, shows workers scooping yellow peaches into plastic cups with their bare hands to make jelly."

In the video, workers reach into a large container of yellow peaches, take out the fruit, and portion it into small plastic cups. They then place the cups of yellow peaches one by one on a metal tray. Throughout the process, the workers handle the fruit with their bare hands without wearing sanitary gloves.

The footage of the workers handling food without sanitary gloves prompted local concerns about whether food hygiene was being properly managed and monitored. However, specific information about the manufacturer of the products made at the plant and their distribution channels has not been confirmed.

Local internet users responded in various ways, saying, "Isn't it too much not to wear even disposable gloves?" "After seeing this video, I don't feel like eating jelly anymore," and "Wouldn't the workers' hands also get damaged if they worked bare-handed all day?"

Recurring Food Hygiene Controversies in China

Employees are seen washing mops in a cooking pot. Weibo

This is not the first time a food hygiene controversy has erupted in China. In September, footage emerged of someone washing a mop used to clean a kitchen in a cooking pot in the cafeteria of a kindergarten in Jiangsu Province, sparking controversy. The incident came to light during an investigation into the cause of a mass food poisoning incident among children at the kindergarten between April and June.

Earlier, in October last year, a video filmed at a pickled cabbage factory in Huludao, Liaoning Province, spread online and sparked another hygiene controversy. It showed a man smoking while standing inside a large container of pickling brine and working on pickling cabbage. Footage also showed him spitting into the container, prompting widespread criticism.

The video spread rapidly not only in China but also in South Korea, raising concerns about hygiene practices in China's food industry. Subsequently, the Xingcheng Market Supervision and Administration Bureau in Liaoning Province fined the factory's owner 1 million yuan (approximately 202.5 million won). The company was also fined 50,000 yuan (approximately 10.12 million won) and ordered to suspend production and business operations.

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