Restaurants have installed security cameras as commentators express their fears over the "terrorism" online. Photo / Kieran Scott
Young Japanese diners are contaminating sushi as it passes on conveyor belts in acts of “terrorism” that have sent shares in food chains tumbling.
Videos of teenagers licking their fingers and touching food in sushi restaurants have gone viral, triggering fears of copycat acts in a country renowned for its
order and sanitary standards.
In a video viewed 93 million times, a young man laughs as he licks the top of a bottle of soy sauce and the rim of a mug that he replaces on a tray of clean vessels in a Sushiro chain restaurant. The company said it replaced every bottle of soy sauce in the outlet and washed all of its mugs. The unnamed diner reportedly returned with his parents to apologise.
Customers have since been told to pick up their utensils and condiments from a serving point. Sushiro also said in its statement that it intends to pursue civil and criminal proceedings against the man, adding that shares in the restaurant’s holding company had fallen 4.8 per cent since January 25, when the clip began to circulate.
