The entrance to the IKEA store being investigated.
Dates on the package in question
Market regulators in Yangpu District are investigating the district’s IKEA outlet for allegedly selling expired food.
A consumer on December 3 tipped off authorities after he found the ingredients of coffee sold at the shop had expired a month earlier.
“I noticed a worker was changing ingredients from a coffee machine when I had breakfast there, and I accidentally took a look at the packaging and found the ingredients had expired a month ago,” the consumer said.
The expiry date of the ingredients was October 25, while the opening date shown on the package was November 24.
The manager of the shop offered 500 yuan (US$76.45) as compensation, which the consumer refused and later issued a complaint with the city’s market watchdog.
“I demanded IKEA no longer use expired ingredients and destroy ingredients that have…
