Licensee prosecuted over rat spotted in Don Don Donki sushi chiller in Hong Kong
Video on social media shows shopper recoiling as rodent scurries across boxes of sushi in display chiller at Tuen Mun supermarket
Authorities are prosecuting the licensee of a Hong Kong branch of Japanese supermarket chain Don Don Donki after a video of a live rodent moving in the store’s sushi display chiller went viral.
The footage, posted on social media on Thursday, captured a rat scurrying across pre-packed boxes of sushi in a chiller at the Don Don Donki outlet in the Tuen Mun Town Plaza shopping centre.
In the 20-second clip, a man carrying a tote bag is seen flinching and backing away from the counter in shock after spotting the rodent, which climbs across boxes of sushi and the inner edges of the chiller before disappearing into a gap in the unit.
“That rat is freaking huge. I never want to buy Donki’s sushi ever again,” the user who posted the video wrote.
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Online outrage after rat filmed scurrying past sushi chiller at Hong Kong Don Don Donki
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said that it had sent staff to conduct an inspection of the site on Thursday after receiving complaints.
“Department staff detected traces of rats in the connected food factory and have initiated a prosecution against the licensee,” it said in a reply to queries from the South China Morning Post.