KFC employee fired for photo of potato licking

Note to daughters working in food service: don’t pretend to lick the food you may be serving and post it on facebook. Someone may notice and you may get fired.

But by all means, the next time some suit blathers on about how food safety is the most important thing ever and ever, please, post evidence r-KFC-MASHED-POTATO-PHOTO-large570to refute such blatant nose stretchers.

I got your back.

An employee at the Kentucky Fried Chicken in Tennessee distributed a pic of her holding a plate of mashed potatoes close to her face, as if she was going to lick them.

A company spokesman on Monday said customers did not receive those potatoes.

KFC spokesman Rick Maynard wrote to Johnson City Press via email and said this food was not served.

“Nothing is more important to KFC than food safety. As soon as our franchisee became aware of the issue, immediate action was taken. The franchisee’s investigation confirmed the photos were taken after the restaurant was closed and none of the food was served. The employee involved was immediately terminated.”

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A former professor of food safety and the publisher of barfblog.com, Powell is passionate about food, has five daughters, and is an OK goaltender in pickup hockey. Download Doug’s CV here. Dr. Douglas Powell editor, barfblog.com retired professor, food safety 3/289 Annerley Rd Annerley, Queensland 4103 dpowell29@gmail.com 61478222221 I am based in Brisbane, Australia, 15 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time