"rats" news and stories

Yum Brands, the company that owns the KFC/Taco Bell that was in the news recently because it was overrun by rats, has decided to close several more NYC restaurants owned by the company.

There's no word on exactly how many of the restaurants in the area are going to close, but the company said in a statement that they "will not compromise on our food and restaurant quality." The eateries are going to remain closed until they get the OK to reopen from city health inspectors.

Check out the rat slide show if you've forgotten what the whole nasty scene looked like.

If we ever needed a non-health-related reason to not eat fast food, here it is - rats. The estimated rat population in the UK has exploded to 60 million. That's one for every person in living in the UK. However, it's not just the quantity of rats, it's the quality of the rat. They're bigger, badder, and live a lot longer due to more protein in their diets. According to the Keep Britain Tidy campaign, the rats are turning to SuperRats, feeding off of the fast food litter like burgers, fries and kebabs, that Britons throw into the streets.

Alight, so the blame can't be put entirely on fast food. Apparently, Britons throw apple cores, banana and orange peels, bread crusts and chocolate onto the streets, all adding to the SuperDiet of these SuperRats.

Hey, if you're not curbing the fast food littering to keep the rat population down, at least do it for the hedgehog.

[via: Global Pulse]

Rats in the kitchen! Not the best thing in the world; especially when your kitchen serves up grub for hoards of school kids.

Actually its not the Welsh schools that suffered a rat infestation but a warehouse that supplies 300 schools in the region. Pembrokeshire Council said rats were found during a routine inspection at the Skelfayre warehouse in Pembroke Docks. This warehouse sends out food for school meals to Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion but also supplies other businesses including the schools, residential care homes, hotels, and restaurants . The contaminated food will be destroyed.

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