Balala Hakkula Sangham is an NGO working in Hyderabad of Andhra Pradesh aims to save the child rights, fight agaist child labour, and take care about children’s health on Thursday said that they have found samples of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) tainted with E.Coli, and Salmonella when tested by the Telangana’s State Food Laboratory.
A report of SFL, signed by A V Krishna Kumari, food analyst, dated June 24, which the Sangham produced, stated that sample of KFC chicken product contained E.Coli, and Salmonella.
“E.Coli & Salmonella which are pathogens are injurious to health”, Said a member of Balala Hakkula Sangham. “It is therefore unsafe especially for children,” he added.
“We collected samples of fried chicken from KFC’s outlets at five places in the city, and sent them for tests to the laboratory within an hour,” said Anuradha Rao, president of the Balala Hakkula Sangham.
“We demand that the government stop the sale of such products which are detrimental to children’s health,” Rao said.
However, KFC’s spokesperson termed it a false alarm, and said they will seek a clarification from concerned authorities. “We have no knowledge of the sample being collected from any of our outlets and in what condition it has been transported for this alleged test.
“This is an attempt to wrongly malign our brand reputation, we would strongly pursue this case and seek a clarification from the concerned authorities”, the spokesperson said.