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[VIDEO] How A Chinese Factory Makes Fake Budweiser By Filling Used Cans With Beer

The factory has been shut down by the police.

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If you recently ordered a can of Budweiser beer at a bar in China, did it taste a bit off?

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If your answer to that question is a resounding "Yes", we've got some pretty disgusting news for you.

A small factory in China was recently found making counterfeit cans of Budweiser beer

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Numerous video clips from a factory in the industrial city of Dongguan, China has since emerged online and gone viral on social media.

In the clips, workers dunked used cans into a tub of beer (we presume it's beer) with their bare hands and filled the cans.

The filled cans were then sent down a conveyor belt to be sealed

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According to Mashable, the factory was churning out 600,000 cartons of counterfeit Buds each month, sending them to bars and nightclubs until they were finally busted on 5 May.

Budweiser, which stated that it has not franchised its operations to a third party, had already filed complaints and is now seeking legal action

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Anheuser-Busch, the brewing company behind Budweiser, has 15 breweries outside of the US, 14 of them in China, helping Budweiser become the country's third biggest beer brand by 2014, and a prime target for counterfeit breweries.

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