US resraurant chain to probe snake head in broccoli

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US restaurant chain T.G.I. Friday's has asked the New York State Police to open a criminal investigation into suspected product tampering after a severed snake head was found among vegetables.

According to a statement issued by the chain late Friday, the head was found among broccoli by a restaurant patron in Clifton Park, New York, last Sunday.

"This is obviously something we took very seriously and we immediately pulled the product from all of our restaurants until an investigation could be completed," said Amy Freshwater, vice president of communication and public relations for Carlson Restaurants Worldwide, the parent of T.G.I. Friday's.

As part of the investigation, the head was sent to an independent laboratory for testing, and the lab said the snake's head was never cooked.

It has been concluded that the head was placed in the food at some point after the cooking process, the company said.

"We don't know who was involved in this senseless act of product tampering, but we are cooperating fully with the authorities and will prosecute the individual or individuals involved to the fullest extent of the law." Freshwater said.

Wouldn't most people rather eat a snake head than broccoli anyway? I mean who eats broccoli anyway? :lol: Oh that is so gross!!!!! Don't think I'll be eating there anytime soon!

Oy. Yecch. I'm eating in 99.9999% of the time from now on. Well, that's an overstatement - BUT - with the recession I eat out a lot less - AND ONLY - at restaurants I know and trust - most are sm. & family owned. As for big chains, "NEVERMORE"! (or something very close to that)

Snake heads snake heads roly-poly snake heads, Snake heads snake heads, Eat them up, Yum!

Yuck! I rarely eat out anymore.

BREAKING NEWS! A firm in the Philipines is complaining that somehow, broccoli has been getting into their inventory of snakeheads! Customers are pissed!!!

A man on the street interviewed declared "This isn't fair! Somebody's sabotaged because I could see carrots and maybe even lima beans, but to tamper food with broccoli is just SO wrong!"

;)

BREAKING NEWS! A firm in the Philipines is complaining that somehow, broccoli has been getting into their inventory of snakeheads! Customers are pissed!!!

A man on the street interviewed declared "This isn't fair! Somebody's sabotaged because I could see carrots and maybe even lima beans, but to tamper food with broccoli is just SO wrong!"

;)
:brent :clap :rofl:

BREAKING NEWS! A firm in the Philipines is complaining that somehow, broccoli has been getting into their inventory of snakeheads! Customers are pissed!!!

A man on the street interviewed declared "This isn't fair! Somebody's sabotaged because I could see carrots and maybe even lima beans, but to tamper food with broccoli is just SO wrong!"

;)

And I don't blame them for being so upset. Everybody knows snake heads are properly served with brussel sprouts!:lol:

And I don't blame them for being so upset. Everybody knows snake heads are properly served with brussel sprouts!:lol:
:brent

and I'm getting ready to go out to eat. I didn't need to read this. :lol:

well obviously this is a sign that TGI Fridays just isn't using enough cheese sauce on their broccoli.

but a thread like this sure helps with a diet LOL!

Hey, I LIKE cooked broccoli. Yum! Preferably cheese-free, cuz that's just nasty. And I don't like my broccoli raw. Ew.

Whoever planted the head in that guy's food is a total ********. I hope they fired him.

Hey, I LIKE cooked broccoli. Yum! Preferably cheese-free, cuz that's just nasty. And I don't like my broccoli raw. Ew.

Whoever planted the head in that guy's food is a total ********. I hope they fired him.
They should make him eat it. :lol:

BTW I love broccoli too. :D

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They should make him eat it. :lol:

BTW I love broccoli too. :D


Deal me into the broccoli fan club. I prefer mine raw - more vitamins that way & I like crunchy things... but... very lightly steamed is OK by me too.

And when it comes to nutrition it just doesn't get any better than broccoli. I call it nature's one a day vitamin. Volume per volume, it has more vitamin C than oranges and more calcium than milk! And that's just for starters. It also has anticarcinogenic properties too.

I'm wondering, how do they go about testing and investigating something like this?

How do they determine who is at fault? Whether it's the fault of the restaurant or the supplying people over a patron putting something in their food and saying "Look what I found here!".

How are these things handled?

They should make him eat it. :lol:

BTW I love broccoli too. :D
I actually agree with that! If you can talk the talk, you can certainly walk the walk. :D