Noisy in Japan's J-League's Expired Beverage Sales...Sagan Dos Announces Official Apology, Promises to Prevent Recurrence

Dec 24, 2024

Noisy in Japan's J-League's Expired Beverage Sales...Sagan Dos Announces Official Apology, Promises to Prevent Recurrence
Sagan Dos club apologized for the sale of expired drinks on its official website.



A case of selling expired drinks in the Japanese J-League led the club to make an official apology.

According to Japanese media on the 24th, Sagan Dos announced on its official website on the 23rd that some of the soft drinks sold at stores in its home stadium were found to have expired and drinks with a capacity that violated the regulations were also sold.

The incident, which occurred due to the carelessness of the canteen operator, occurred during a home game against Jubilo Iwata on the 8th. The club explained that the canteen had neglected to check the expiration date in the process of transferring drinks to the refrigerator to sell various beverage products two hours before the start of the game.




The club reported that a total of 28 beverages were sold after the expiration date, and that the drink in question was unlikely to have a significant health impact", he explained.

Fans who purchased expired drinks will be fully refunded even if they do not have proof of purchase such as receipts. At the same time, the canteen was found to have sold large-capacity beverages in violation of regulations prohibiting the sale of 700ml plastic bottle drinks to prevent safety accidents.

The problem is that such an incident occurred last October as well. The club said "Similar things happened last October. I take it seriously that it has happened twice," he said, expressing his apology.




It also announced measures to prevent the recurrence of the team. The club said it would establish a list management system in which two people double-check the list of products sold by listing them by type to fill out all the entry details.

In addition, for the management of the expiration date of all products, it is an independent 'HACCP (for food)Valuable Points Management Standards)' promised to establish an operating system.






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