Brewery worker at major beer firm caught urinating in lager tank sparks outrage

A brewery worker has been caught weeing into a tank used to make lager.

In the shocking clip, a worker at a Tsingtao beer factory, dressed in blue overalls, is seen climbing over a wall into the malt tank before relieving himself on the grains. The Chinese firm says it has reported the footage, which received tens of millions of views, to police – and the batch of malt has been sealed and will not be used.

Tsingtao said: "We are intensifying our management efforts to ensure product quality,” adding the company’s production is continuing as normal. It is understood the company believes the bloke either works for the brewery or for the firm which delivered the grains."

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Lawyer Shao Ke said he reckons the man’s actions violated local health regulations – which could result in him being jailed for up to seven years. The person who filmed the video, which was shared on social media site Weibo, is understood to have been arrested.

Authorities in Pingdu City, where the factory is located, said they immediately conducted an investigation of the brewery after spotting the video and are treating the matter seriously. Following the emergence of the clip, the company, which is China’s second biggest beer maker, has invited consumers to visit the factory to see how it makes beer.

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Social media users slammed the worker’s actions and said they could ruin the brand’s reputation. One person said: "A p*ss that will ruin a lot of money, this worker has done some real damage here."

Another wrote: "Good thing I don’t drink beer – but it’s unimaginable if this brand is finished because of this."

After the clip was shared, Tsingtao’s shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange dropped by 1% on Friday and by 7.5% on Monday morning.

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