7 people were hospitalized.
An eatery in China serves liquid detergents to its consumers instead of fruit juice. This incident occurred on 16 January 2023 in Zhejiang province. According to the South China Morning Post, seven people were taken to the hospital and had their stomachs pumped after a restaurant in eastern China offered them liquid detergent instead of fruit juice.
One of the affected guests was dining at the restaurant with her family and friends when a server handed them a bottle of what they all mistook for fruit juice. She and six other individuals were sent to a hospital to have their stomachs pumped after realizing there had been a mistake and their beverages had a strange flavor.
Gastric suction is a method that doctors use in an emergency to quickly empty the contents of your stomach. People were advised that the mix-up was caused by a waitress with poor vision. The waitress later admitted that she made the mistake because she was inexperienced and had an eye condition. According to a Xucun Police Station officer, all seven persons are in stable condition and will seek compensation from the restaurant later.
It is unknown what type of floor cleaning was supplied to the guests. However, a search on a Chinese internet marketplace revealed various floor-cleaning products with orange juice-like packaging. Packaging is commonly written in foreign languages and individuals who do not speak such languages mistake it for something else.