The recognition given by Guinness World Records to Yangzhou in East China's Jiangsu province last week for the world's largest serving of fried rice has been revoked.

In an announcement on Monday on its micro blog, Guinness World Records Ltd said the revocation was due to food wastage after the organizer failed to properly dispose of the fried rice as promised.

Sharon Yang, marketing director for Guinness in China, said, "We held back on publicizing the results because we had been reviewing the information submitted by the organizer."