MPI investigating complaints of undercooked McDonald's chicken

"New Zealand Food Safety is aware of a number complaints relating to chicken at various McDonald’s stores." The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is investigating complaints of undercooked chicken at McDonald's restaurants around the country. This comes after Stuff recently reported at least two cases of people being served raw or undercooked Chicken in their nuggets and burger at McDonalds in Auckland and Christchurch. The deputy director general of New Zealand Food Safety said they are looking at each complaint on its merits and encourage anyone to keep a sample of the food and contact them directly. McDonald's has been contacted for comment, but earlier told Stuff it would "follow MPI's process".

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The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) today confirmed its investigating complaints of undercooked chicken at "various" McDonald's restaurants around the country.

It comes after Stuff recently reported at least two cases of people being served raw or undercooked chicken in their nuggets and burger at McDonald's in Auckland and Christchurch.

"New Zealand Food Safety is aware of a number of complaints relating to chicken at various McDonald’s stores," Vincent Arbuckle, deputy director general New Zealand Food Safety told 1News.

"We cannot go into detail about ongoing investigations, but we are looking at each complaint on its merits."

Arbuckle added: "It can be difficult to assess food safety risk based on pictures on social media as we do not know when they were taken.

"We encourage anyone who has eaten unsafe food to keep a sample of the food and contact us directly.

"This will help us move quickly to manage any potential wider food safety risk."

McDonald's has been contacted for comment, but earlier told Stuff it would "follow MPI's process".

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Topics: McDonalds

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