Elite kindergarten in China accused of serving mouldy fruit to pupils as snack
Parent found suspect fruit during visit to school and posted photos on parents’ social media page
Education authorities in southwest China are investigating whether a kindergarten gave mouldy apples to pupils as snacks, mainland media reports.
The questionable fruit at a kindergarten in Yibin city, Sichuan province, drew parents’ attention after a mother visited her child during school hours last week, when bad apples were being peeled and distributed to the children for afternoon snacks, news website Thepaper.cn reported.
The mother took photos of the mouldy, wrinkled apples and posted them on a social media page shared by other parents of pupils.
Outraged by what they saw, the parents posted the pictures online and demanded that the authorities look into the matter.
Officials from the local education bureau went the school the next day, but the issue had not been resolved by the time Thepaper.cn reported it.
