KFC OUTLET SHUT IN INDIA
AFTER WORM IN CHICKEN COMPLAINT
AFTER WORM IN CHICKEN COMPLAINT
www.bbc.co.uk -
Authorities in the Indian state of Kerala have shut down a restaurant
of fast-food giant KFC after a customer complained that he had been
served a chicken meal containing live worms. KFC said that it was
“investigating the incident” but the “likelihood of it happening was
almost close to negligible”. Authorities say they found worms in the
chicken when they inspected the eatery. Fast-food restaurants have
become immensely popular in India.
The incident was reported at KFC's restaurant in the state capital, Trivandrum, which opened recently and has been doing brisk business.
Though the restaurant staff sought to prevent the officials from conducting searches, they had their way. They took samples of various dishes served in the hotel for detailed examination and analysis. KFC denied the allegation, saying such a thing was not possible.
Kerala's food safety authorities ordered a “temporary closure” of the restaurant last week after receiving the complaint from a customer, who came to the restaurant with his family. “We came here after we received a complaint from a customer who said he found live worms in his chicken. When we inspected the place, we found worms in the fried chicken,” said Sivakumar of Kerala's Food Safety Authority.
It is believed to be the one of the first times such an incident has been reported from a foreign fast-food chain in India. In a statement sent to the BBC, KFC said it was “aware of a recent inspection conducted by the local authorities at our restaurant in Trivandrum”.
The complaint was made by Shaiju, an NRI, who had come to the busy eatery along with his wife, son and two relatives. Shaiju was overcome by nausea and vomited as soon as he saw the dead worm in the chicken served to him.
The
ghost of the past came to haunt Kentucky Fried Chicken or KFC when
officials from the Food Safety Department in Kerala (India) raided a
Thiruvananthapuram outlet last week following complaints of worms in the
chicken served. Authorities seized some chicken that was allegedly as
much as five months old. They are also investigating nearby branches,
out of fear that the worms got into the food at a central plant in the
region. Food experts say that the issue of worms in chicken is likely to
hit the brand hard as consumers are likely to be cautious now when they
walk into a KFC outlet. It is very important that India return to its
glorious past that includes Vegetarianism which is known in Sanskrit as Shakahara. Vegetarianism was for thousands of years a principle of health and environmental ethics throughout India.The incident was reported at KFC's restaurant in the state capital, Trivandrum, which opened recently and has been doing brisk business.
Though the restaurant staff sought to prevent the officials from conducting searches, they had their way. They took samples of various dishes served in the hotel for detailed examination and analysis. KFC denied the allegation, saying such a thing was not possible.
Kerala's food safety authorities ordered a “temporary closure” of the restaurant last week after receiving the complaint from a customer, who came to the restaurant with his family. “We came here after we received a complaint from a customer who said he found live worms in his chicken. When we inspected the place, we found worms in the fried chicken,” said Sivakumar of Kerala's Food Safety Authority.
It is believed to be the one of the first times such an incident has been reported from a foreign fast-food chain in India. In a statement sent to the BBC, KFC said it was “aware of a recent inspection conducted by the local authorities at our restaurant in Trivandrum”.
The complaint was made by Shaiju, an NRI, who had come to the busy eatery along with his wife, son and two relatives. Shaiju was overcome by nausea and vomited as soon as he saw the dead worm in the chicken served to him.
WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?
All
of our actions including our choice of food have karmic consequences.
By involving oneself in the cycle of inflicting injury, pain and death,
even indirectly by eating other creatures, one must in the future
experience in equal measure the suffering caused. Food is the source of
the body's chemistry, and what we ingest affects our consciousness,
emotions and experiential patterns. If one wants to live in higher
consciousness, in peace and happiness and love for all creatures, then
he cannot eat meat, fish, shellfish, fowl or eggs. By ingesting the
grosser chemistries of animal foods, one introduces into the body and
mind anger, jealousy, fear, anxiety, suspicion and a terrible fear of
death, all of which are locked into the flesh of butchered creatures.
For these reasons, Shakaharis live in higher consciousness and
Mansaharis abide in lower consciousness.
Hinduism Today :
“How to Win an Argument with a Meat Eater”
“Five Reasons to Be a Vegetarian”
http://www.eatveg.com/argument.htm
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Published by dasavatara das - "Vedic Views on World News"
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