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Mystery glass in chicken not sabotage

Investigators at the National Investigation Department (Rikskriminalen) have ruled out sabotage in several cases where bits of glass were discovered in frozen poultry, as well as in other food products.

Mystery glass in chicken not sabotage

The discoveries were either false alarms or isolated incidents, not a coordinated attack, said the police who received the reports of glass, needles and bits of plastic over the last several months.

Rikskriminalen has therefore referred the cases back to local police authorities, according to Dagens Nyheter newspaper.

On April 1, the National Police Commissioner was given the task of coordinating several ongoing investigations across the country. A slew of incidents were reported and and police referred the cases onto the National Laboratory of Forensic Science.

There were approximately 80 reports, of which 30 involved chicken and the rest preprepared foods, sausage, bread and fruit.

Anders Wretling, head of the national laboratory’s investigation unit, concluded that there had not been “any coordinated attack against the food supply.” These are isolated incidents, he told DN.

Sabotage was first suspected when several people found glass bits in frozen products from Kronfågel, a chicken factory in eastern Sweden, which led a grocer to remove the company’s products from his freezers.

Kronfågel recalled its products, and stepped up its security checks during the production process through measures such as the introduction of x-ray machines.

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FAST FOOD

Kentucky Fried Chicken set to expand threefold in Germany

Fast food fans have a reason to rejoice! The American chain has announced it will be growing to 500 restaurants in Deutschland within the next five to seven years.

Kentucky Fried Chicken set to expand threefold in Germany
Photo: DPA

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) announced on Friday that their German restaurants would see a threefold increase within the next five to seven years, bringing the total number from 163 to 500.

Demand for their fried chicken picked up in 2017, with KFC sales climbing 10 percent to €243.7 million. The restaurant network expansion is expected to generate a billion euros in additional sales.

KFC faces competition from other growing fast food chains in Germany; Burger King has also announced plans to bring their total number of shops from 700 to 1,000 by 2023.

McDonald’s reigns as the most widespread American fast food chain in Germany, with 1,500 branches throughout the country.

The Kentucky-based company “Yum! Brands” owns KFC in addition to another popular American fast food chain – Pizza Hut.