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Sometimes you’re better off drinking from a fast-food chain’s toilet than its carbonated drinks.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ice cubes served in soft drinks can be dirtier than toilet water, an investigation by China’s national television revealed on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The report prompted the nation’s largest fast-food chain KFC to apologize for serving ice cubes at a Beijing branch with a bacterial count 13 times higher than toilet water<\/strong> and 18 times higher than the national standard.<\/p>\n

The company said in its apology that following the report, it had cleaned and disinfected its ice cube maker at the Chongwenmen branch.<\/p>\n

Ice cubes at a local branch of Kongfu, a Chinese fast-food chain, was also found to have a bacterial count six times higher than toilet water.<\/strong> Ice cubes at a local McDonald’s branch tested cleaner than toilet water, but still did not meet national hygiene standards.<\/p>\n

The two fast-food chains have also apologized as the topic became the most widely discussed issue on Chinese microblogs at the weekend, with more than 100,000 people wading into the debate.<\/p>\n

The Beijing Times found customers of the three branches in Chongwenmen to be largely indifferent to the revelations.<\/p>\n

One internet user asked: “What about other chains?” <\/p>\n

Yum Brands, owner of KFC and other restaurant chains, said it would release water tests from its other chains in China, including Little Sheep hotpot, East Dawning and Pizza Hut.<\/p>\n

Yum is still recovering from earlier food scares and scandals, including media reports in December than it used illegal drugs to quicken poultry growth.<\/p>\n

“KFC sales and profits in China were significantly impacted by intense media surrounding avian flu, as well as the residual effect of the December poultry supply incident,” <\/strong>chief executive David C Novak said in a statement this month. <\/p>\n

Eww!! Plenty of reasons not to go to KFC!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

via SCMP<\/em>
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