The Guardian said:Shares plunge after pair forced to fish unwanted meat from their dinner
A couple dining at a well-known hot pot chain in eastern China have fished out what appeared to be a rat from their pot of stewed meat and vegetables.
Video footage of a diner holding the rat with a pair of chopsticks circulated on social media and a report of the incident appeared on 7 September. By Tuesday, shares in the restaurant's parent company, Xiabuxiabu Catering Management, had fallen 12%.
A man identified only by his surname, Ma, said his wife had discovered the rodent. "She was so scared that she threw her chopsticks out immediately," he told the local website Weifang.sdnews.com in Shandong province.
Ma said the restaurant offered him and his wife, who was pregnant, 5,000 yuan (US$730) in compensation, but they refused because they first wanted to go to the hospital.
Food safety is particularly sensitive in China where consumers have witnessed incidents from buns filled with cardboard, the use of gutter oil, and counterfeit baby formula. Hot pot restaurants have been found to use fake meat as well as chemicals to mask the smell or taste of rotten meat.
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Anyone carves for a hot pot right now?