Hygiene scandal hits another Chinese hotpot chain as kitchen worker leaves own footprint on the food

A large hotpot chain has sacked a worker in southern China for unhygienically preparing ingredients, days after another Chinese hotpot chain was exposed in a food hygiene scandal, according to reports.

The unnamed male employee was chopping meat in the kitchen while resting his feet on the board, with his toes sometimes touching the raw ingredients, ThePaper.cn reported this week.