Kentucky Fried Chicken is being prosecuted after environmental health inspectors found cockroaches, mice and flies at one of its busiest restaurants in Britain.

Officials said a cockroach scurried across a counter when they visited the fast food outlet in Leicester Square, central London.

They claimed a mouse was seen running across the floor and flies buzzed around their heads at the Coventry Street premises.

Officials also alleged a one-metre pool of dried blood was found on the floor and deeply-engrained grime covered walls and shelves.

‘Cockroaches, Blood And Mice Found In KFC’ – Sky News

Study reveals ‘shocking’ kebabs – BBC News; Tuesday, 27 January 2009

Research by the UK’s Food Standards Agency in 2006 found that 18.5% of doner takeaways posed a “significant” threat to public health, and 0.8% posed an “imminent” threat.

The worst doners inspectors came across contained 1,990 calories before salad and sauces – over 95% of a woman’s recommended daily calories, 346% of a woman’s saturated fat intake and 277% of an adult’s daily salt intake.

Some 35% of labels listed a different meat species than that actually found in the kebab.

Kebabs can contain a wine glass of cooking oil, warn scientists in shock fast-food survey – Mail Online; Thursday, 15 May 2008

Scientist testing takeaway food found that one kebab had the equivalent of a wine glass of fat

Nutritionists said today that just two of these greasy takeaway meals a week could cause a heart attack within 10 years.