Live worms found in fried chicken served at outlet
Food safety officials issued closure notice to the
outlet of the multinational Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) at Pulimood in
the city on Monday evening following a complaint about live worms inside
the chicken served to a family.
Food safety officials said they had received a call on the toll-free line set up for the public to file complaints.
Family’s complaint
“A
family which had come to eat at the KFC outlet had called saying that
there were live worms in the fried chicken they had been served. They
said that they had torn a piece of chicken apart to feed their toddler
when they spotted scores of wriggly worms inside the meat. We were
sceptical at first about finding live worms inside chicken which had
been fried. But it turned out to be true,” a senior food safety official
said.
A squad of officials, led by District
Designated Food Safety Officer D. Sivakumar, reached the outlet and
collected the samples of the incriminating food.
Scuffle
There was a scuffle at the outlet as the media were prevented from going inside the restaurant.
Storage suspect
Officials
said the frozen chicken was brought in bulk from Coimbatore by the food
chain, but obviously the cold-chain maintenance must have been poor,
leading to the spoilage of the meat and worms starting to fester inside.
They
said the method of frying adopted – quick frying in extremely hot oil –
did not kill the worms as the heat had not penetrated inside.
Food safety officials seize samples of incriminating food
Say frozen chicken brought in bulk from Coimbatore
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