The scandal of leftover food being recycled and resold to customers at the Yang Mingyu Huang Braised Chicken franchise continues to draw attention. On March 13, a list of “the least recommended takeout items” compiled by several delivery riders climbed to the top of the trending searches.
On March 12, the news of “Yang Mingyu Huang Braised Chicken recycling leftover food to customers” sparked concern and prompted delivery riders to list 12 types of takeout items that should be avoided along with the reasons:
1. Braised Chicken: Some establishments may use frozen or substandard meat ingredients, along with inadequately cleaned side dishes.
2. Fried Chicken: Quality is inconsistent at fried chicken joints, with many using semi-prepared ingredients that, if improperly stored, can attract parasites or spoil.
3. Spicy Hot Pot: The preparation of various ingredients is labor-intensive, with businesses commonly opting for lower-priced ingredients of questionable quality. Additionally, the hygiene standards are not promising. The broth, made from a mix of various spices and seasonings, may contain harmful chemical substances.
4. Covered Rice Bowl: Some establishments, to save costs and time, might not thoroughly clean and process the ingredients, potentially using excessive oil and salt during cooking, which is detrimental to health. There is also a risk of using recycled cooking oil or poor-quality rice.
5. Dumplings: Most takeout dumplings are not handmade but rather purchased in bulk as frozen dumplings, with the fillings possibly containing cheap meats or scraps, making it challenging to guarantee the freshness of ingredients.
6. Porridge: To achieve a thick consistency, some businesses add thickeners and other additives to the porridge instead of simmering it for a prolonged period.
7. Grilled Meat with Rice: While affordable, this dish often uses frozen meat of questionable quality.
8. Light Meals: Some light meal establishments might resort to using synthetic meat and inferior ingredients to cut costs, potentially laden with a high amount of additives and hormones.
Moreover, dishes such as pre-packaged fast food, fruit salad, barbecue, and soups are also on the list, as these foods not only feature stale ingredients but also may contain a significant amount of additives harmful to the body.
After the list of “the least recommended takeout items” compiled by delivery riders surfaced online, there was a wave of lamentation, with comments like, “What else can we order?” “After going through the list, there seems to be hardly anything safe to order.” “Is there anything left to eat? For decades, food safety remains unresolved.” “Are the food authorities just collecting a paycheck without doing any real work?” “Fried chicken is the worst; I’ve seen frozen chicken gone bad, and the staff still fried and sold it despite the smell making them nauseous.”
One netizen summed up, “Wake up in the morning, put on clothes with formaldehyde, drink a cup of adulterated soy milk, eat a lymph meat bun, a greasy deep-fried ghostly breadstick, have a pre-made zombie meat takeout and expired milk tea for lunch, followed by an artificial sweetener drink in the afternoon, a bone-mush sausage, order a formaldehyde-laden fatty beef and duck blood for dinner, treat yourself to expired fruits post-meal, then sleep in a deceitful cotton blanket, another ‘perfect’ day.”
Some netizens replied helplessly, saying, “What a day of enduring.” “It’s like doomsday.” “Hanging by a thread.”