Pit-made sauerkraut

Pit pickled cabbage refers to the old jar pickled cabbage package pickled with pit. Every year when the mustard is ripe in early spring, there is a big pit next to the vegetable field, and the workers pour the mustard pulled out of the ground into the pit. These mustard greens are not washed, and some even put them in with yellow leaves, adding water, salt and so on. Wrap it in a film, cover it with soil and marinate it directly.

Not only is the environment poor, but the workers' operation is even more disgusting. Some wear slippers, some step on sauerkraut barefoot, and even smoke while working. Finished cigarette butts are directly thrown on sauerkraut. What's even more outrageous is that when these pickles were bought by flag-cutting vegetable industry, flag-cutting vegetable industry didn't carry out any sanitary index test on them, and they were supplied to other brands without other disinfection and sterilization treatments.

On March 15, 2022, Hunan Tea Enterprise Vegetable Industry Co., Ltd. was exposed by CCTV 3 15 party to pickle sauerkraut in the pit. The so-called Laotan sauerkraut in the flag-cutting vegetable industry is an out-and-out potherb sauerkraut.

In response to the food safety problems of flag-planting and "potherb pickled cabbage" in the vegetable industry exposed at the "3 15" party, Master Kong issued a statement on the same day saying: "Hunan flag-planting vegetable industry Co., Ltd. is one of our suppliers of pickled cabbage, and has immediately suspended its supplier qualification, cancelled all cooperation, sealed its pickled cabbage bag products and actively cooperated with the investigation and testing of the regulatory authorities." At the same time, Master Kong said in the statement that this incident was a management mistake and failed to live up to the trust of consumers.