Chinese Juice Company Uses Rotten Apples for Export Products, Local Reports Say

Juice made with bad apples exported to North America and Europe

Workers labour on a production line in a fruit distribution center on December 28, 2006 in the outskirts of Beijing, China. China Photos/Getty Images

A listed Chinese fruit-processing company has been using rotten apples to make its juice, 95 percent of which is destined for export to the United States, Canada, Europe, and other destinations, according to media reports in the province of Shandong.

The company named in the reports, Haisheng Fresh Fruit Juice, is listed on the Hong Kong stock market. It has seen its stock price fall in the past few days, as Chinese internet users sought to confirm the claims.