Panda Express guest stunned as employee stands on fryer while cleaning
Video taken inside Panda Express location in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Panda Express worker steps around food while cleaning fry station
Video taken in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, purportedly shows a Panda Express worker stepping around food while cleaning a frying station area, as meals were being prepared. (Credit: Paul Elisha Finger via Storyful)
A video has emerged purportedly showing a Panda Express employee stepping around food while cleaning a frying station, as meals were being prepared.
Paul Elisha Finger, who captured the footage, told Storyful that he "noticed the gentleman jump on the fryer that the lady had just put food into" when he visited a Panda Express location in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in early July.
The worker then "started spraying the chemical and wiping [while] standing right over the food," according to Finger.
"I could not believe my eyes," Finger told Storyful.
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A video taken inside a Panda Express restaurant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, purportedly showed a worker standing around food while cleaning a frying station area. (Paul Elisha Finger via Storyful / Storyful)
FOX Business has reached out to Panda Express for comment.
The video shows a female employee reaching through the cleaner’s legs to drop a bowl of food into one of the fry baskets, as the male worker apparently was cleaning the exhaust hood area of the fry station.
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A Panda Express worker is seen reaching through the legs of another employee to drop a bowl of food into a fryer. (Paul Elisha Finger via Storyful / Storyful)
Panda Express says on its website that its food is a "flavorful combination of Chinese regional cuisine and technique with bold American tastes."
A video taken inside a Panda Express restaurant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, purportedly showed a worker standing around food while cleaning a frying station area. (Paul Elisha Finger via Storyful / Storyful)
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"Panda Express, the nation’s largest Asian restaurant chain, has revolutionized American Chinese cuisine. Founded in 1983, the family-owned business has grown into a culinary powerhouse, seamlessly marrying authentic Chinese flavors with American tastes," adds Panda Restaurant Group, Inc., on its website. "With over 2,600 locations worldwide, Panda Express has played a pivotal role in popularizing American Chinese cuisine to millions around the world."