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Gardenia says man in viral video took bread from 'pulled out' stocks for disposal

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/business/09/20/gardenia-bread.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo: Gardenia Philippines Facebook page</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – Gardenia Philippines on Friday said that the delivery personnel caught on camera tampering with a loaf of bread was dealing with stocks scheduled for disposal and not from fresh stocks for deliveries.</p><p>As part of the baker’s policy, unsold stocks are pulled out of stores and are replaced with fresh stocks “every day of delivery,” Gardenia said in a Facebook post.</p><p>The video of the delivery personnel went viral in Facebook on Thursday, which was shared more than 45,000 times before it was taken down.</p><p>In the video, the person was caught taking pieces of bread from a sealed pack before re-sealing them again.</p><p>“The slices he took were from pulled-out loaves from stores which will be returned to the plant for disposal, not from fresh stocks for delivery to stores,” Gardenia said.</p><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/gardeniaph/photos/a.164302393597509/2872497672777954/?type=3&amp;theater" data-width="auto"> </div><p>The involved personnel is now undergoing “administrative due process,” the company said.<br/> <br/>Gardenia earlier vowed to maintain the “quality and safety” of its products.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/20/19/gardenia-vows-to-keep-quality-safety-of-products-amid-viral-tampering-video">Gardenia vows to keep &#x27;quality, safety&#x27; of products amid viral tampering video</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1383306" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The delivery worker is now undergoing “administrative due process,” Gardenia said.</p>

The delivery worker is now undergoing “administrative due process,” Gardenia said.