KFC fined for cockroach find

KENTUCKY Fried Chicken (KFC) was ordered to pay out almost £19,000 (€22,000), after a cockroach was found eating a chip in one of the busiest branches in Britain.

The insect was seen on a food dispensing counter near takeaway boxes and tongs used to serve chicken by an environmental health officer in a restaurant in London’s West End.

City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that, during an inspection at the Leicester Square branch, the officer also saw a mouse, flies and dried chicken blood on the floor. The Westminster City Council inspector also said there was no handwash in dispensers in the food preparation area.