Chinese Restaurant faces Backlash after Employee Caught Scooping Oil from street Bin

A restaurant in China has come under scrutiny after one of its employees was seen scooping oil from a roadside rubbish bin into a plastic bucket.

- PT News

The incident took place on August 18 in Chongging, southwestern China, according to a report by the South China Morning Post (SCMP). The video, filmed by a passerby, went viral. It showed a woman, surnamed Zhang, in her sixties, dressed in the uniform of a local hotpot restaurant. She was seen carrying a ladle and a plastic bucket while scooping oil from a swill bin. "I just started working here," the woman said when asked who instructed her to pick up the oil. Soon after, the video went viral, with many assuming the oil was intended for use in the restaurant's kitchen. Af