ビール原料に工場従業員が放尿か、動画拡散受け捜査開始　中国

【北京ＡＦＰ＝時事】中国２位のビールメーカー、青島ビールは２０日、同社工場で従業員が原料に放尿しているとみられる動画が拡散したのを受け、公安当局が捜査が進めていると発表した。（写真は資料写真）
　１９日にオンラインに投稿された動画では、男性従業員が倉庫で背の高いコンテナによじ登り、中身に向けて放尿している。
　動画は中国のソーシャルメディアで広く拡散し、人気のＳＮＳ微博（ウェイボー）では数千万回再生された。
　青島ビールは「当社は、１０月１９日に投稿された青島ビール第３工場における動画を非常に問題視している」とした上で、本件について警察に通報し、公安による捜査が行われていると発表。
　「現在、問題のバッチの麦芽（モルト）は完全に密封されている。当社は引き続き管理手順を強化し、商品の質を確保していく」としている。
　一部のネットユーザーは青島ビールを皮肉る機会を逃さなかった。あるユーザーは「青島ビールは馬の小便みたいだとずっと言ってきたが、私が間違っていた」とコメントした。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/10/23-16:38）

One of China's biggest beermakers said it had opened an investigation after a video appearing to show a factory employee urinating on raw ingredients went viral this week.
The clip, published online on Thursday, purportedly shows a male worker at a Tsingtao Brewery Co. warehouse clambering into a high-walled container and relieving himself onto its contents.
The footage circulated widely on Chinese social media, racking up tens of millions of views on the popular platform Weibo.
Tsingtao said on Friday that it had contacted the police over the incident and an investigation was ongoing.
Our company attaches high importance to the relevant video that emerged from Tsingtao Brewery No. 3 on October 19, the beermaker said in a statement.
We reported the incident to the police at the earliest opportunity, and public security organs are involved in the investigation, it added.
At present, the batch of malt in question has been completely sealed. The company continues to strengthen its management procedures and ensure product quality.
Many social media users reacted to the video with anger and voiced support for one of China's best-known beverage brands.
I suggest the company takes this man to court and gets him to pay compensation for the damages, read one popular Weibo response to the company's statement.
Investigate this thoroughly! Always stand up for our national champion brands! wrote another user.
Hong Kong-listed Tsingtao is China's second-largest brewer, and its tall bottles of crisp lager are perennial fridge-fillers in bars across East Asia.
In recent years, the company has sought to capitalise on the changing tastes of younger Chinese drinkers by diversifying into craft ales and other products.
Some web users were not about to pass up the chance to make a wry quip about the country's famously light and fizzy mass-market brews.
I've always said the beer here is like horse pee. Turns out I was wrong, one of them commented.
Thanks, I think I'll have wine instead, quipped another.