The manager of Xibe's store said that sheep meat is harvested once a year: frozen sheep meat is the same as fresh sheep meat.

On the afternoon of September 13, after the journalist visited the Xi Bei Restaurant in Lanzhou Center and identified himself, the person in charge of the restaurant took the initiative to say that he also watched Luo Yonghao's live stream last night. Regarding the meat products from 2024 seen in the video, he explained that last year the store had a fast-food brand, and after discontinuing it this year, the remaining meat was stored in the refrigerator for staff meals, which happened to be captured by the media. The person in charge explained to the journalist that Xi Bei's lamb is frozen after being purchased collectively once a year, and then distributed to all the stores nationwide. "We cannot slaughter lambs every day, unlike small shops," said the person in charge. He admitted that frozen lamb is the same as fresh lamb. In the back kitchen refrigerator, the journalist found a plastic-packaged meat product called "sealed barrel meat." The person in charge explained that it is pickled pork in a sealed barrel, similar to Chengdu bacon. When asked by the journalist if "sealed barrel meat is pre-made food," the chef at the restaurant hesitated for a moment before answering, "How do I put it..."