Video appears to show worker urinating into tank of Tsingtao beer ingredients

Does this give a new meaning to ‘leaked footage’? Restaurants and consumers in South Korea have quickly lost their taste for Tsingtao beer, according to media reports, after a video that appeared to show a brewery worker urinating into a tank at one of the firm’s plants in China went viral. The clip, which has been viewed tens of millions of times on social media since it appeared last Thursday, shows a man wearing a helmet and blue uniform clambering over the side of a high-walled container and apparently relieving himself over its contents. Tsingtao, China’s second-biggest brewery and a major exporter, said it has contacted police after learning about the video. “Our company attaches high importance to the relevant video that emerged from Tsingtao Brewery No. 3 on 19 October,” the beermaker said in a statement. 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.” Officials in Pingdu, a city in Shandong province where the factory is located, said they had launched an investigation into the incident. Chinese media quoted a Tsingtao source as saying that the worker and the person who shot the video were not directly employed by the brewery. #tsingtao #beer #china #southkorea #tsingtaobeer Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube and hit the bell to see new videos ► Follow the Australia news live blog for the latest updates ► Support the Guardian ► Website ► Facebook ► Instagram ► Twitter ► TikTok ► @guardianaustralia LinkedIn ► Subscribe to the Guardian’s other YouTube channels: The Guardian ► Guardian News ► Guardian Football ► Guardian Sport ► Guardian Live ► #guardianaustralia #news #breakingnews #theguardian