Man calls 911 to report undercooked chicken

Sometimes folks are complacent when they order food and it comes to their table or home not to their liking. I had an experience with my dad when I was a teenager, being the nice Canadian he is, struggling through a burger that he thought was too pink (although color isn’t an indicator).

The same can’t be said for a Saskatchewan (that’s in Canada) man who called 911 to report an undercooked piece a chicken that was delivered to his house by a local restaurant, according to CBC.images-14

A call to 911 about undercooked chicken being delivered from a restaurant in North Battleford, Sask., has led RCMP to remind people when it is — and isn’t — appropriate to call police.

An elderly man in North Battleford called 911 to report the chicken he ordered from a local restaurant Tuesday around 9 p.m. CST wasn’t fully cooked.

Police say he was frustrated the delivery driver wouldn’t come back to look at the chicken. Uncooked chicken is generally regarded as a potential health hazard.

“There (are) no laws broken with the cooking of chicken, and our advice to you would be not to shop at that location,” said Sergeant Amber Clark.

And really, the weather in Saskatchewan is probably worth a call to 911, or the CBC.

 

 

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Dr. Ben Chapman is a professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University. As a teenager, a Saturday afternoon viewing of the classic cable movie, Outbreak, sparked his interest in pathogens and public health. With the goal of less foodborne illness, his group designs, implements, and evaluates food safety strategies, messages, and media from farm-to-fork. Through reality-based research, Chapman investigates behaviors and creates interventions aimed at amateur and professional food handlers, managers, and organizational decision-makers; the gate keepers of safe food. Ben co-hosts a biweekly podcast called Food Safety Talk and tries to further engage folks online through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and, maybe not surprisingly, Pinterest. Follow on Twitter @benjaminchapman.