Lab’s DNA Test Debunks Claim That Chicken Tender Was Fried Rat, Says KFC
Shawn RiceJune 22, 2015
KFC was recently forced to confront a customer’s accusations that he had been served a fried rat in a three-piece meal at one of its stores in Los Angeles. However, an independent lab test confirmed that the breaded lump is in fact chicken, KFC spokesman Rodrigo Coronel said in an email to The Huffington Post, which initially ran the story. KFC is a fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, in the United States.
Devorise Dixon, 25, posted a photo of the deceptively nasty looking meal to his Facebook account after he bit into it and something did not seem right. He said the piece of food had a rubbery texture, and that a store manager told him it was a rat.
WENT BACK TO KFC YESTERDAY AND SPOKE TO THE MANAGER SHE SAID IT IS A RAT AND APOLOGIZED, IT’S TIME FOR A LAWYER!!! BESAFE DON’T EAT FAST FOOD !!!
Posted by Devorise Dixon on Friday, June 12, 2015
KFC was quick to counter Dixon’s claims, stating that he had not responded to requests to have the meal tested by a lab. Also, KFC said that Dixon was not cooperating with an investigation. KFC also said that a photo from Dixon’s Instagram feed, which shows the morsel from a different angle, made it clear that the food was chicken.
“On Friday, the customer’s attorney turned over the product in question for testing at an independent lab, and the results officially confirmed what KFC knew all along — the product was chicken and not a rat as he claimed,” the company added.
Coronel also alleged that Dixon lied about being told the piece of chicken was a rat.
“We did an internal investigation and talked to all employees. That statement is false,” Coronel wrote. “The right thing for this customer to do is to apologize and cease making false claims about the KFC brand.”
ABC News has reached out to Dixon for comment last week and today through Facebook, but Dixon did not immediately respond.
So, sounds like another person just trying to get their 15 minutes of fame. Do you have fast food horror stories? Sound off below.
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