KFC hunting down ‘fake food inspector’ who demanded free chicken across the country

KFC has hired an investigator to track down a “fake food inspector” who demanded free food across South Africa. Media reports of the fake KFC food inspector first emerged in 2019, but these incidents were initially brushed aside as urban legend. GettyKFC has launched a private investigation into sightings of fake food inspectors[/caption] The famous chicken fast food franchise has now launched a private investigation to unmask an alleged phoney food inspector in a story that has gripped the nation. “Recurring social media coverage of the fake food inspector has led to further stories of other quality assurance impersonators,” KFC said in a statement. “KFC has appointed Private Investigator Beckett Mathunzi, to establish the authenticity of the alleged reports and, if real, track down the identity of the fake KFC food inspector.” The South African franchise is appealing to the public for help, and is encouraging anyone with relevant information about the investigation to use the 24-hour hotline 0872-40-67-24. READ MORE SOUTH AFRICAN NEWS WORST NIGHTMARE Shocking moment stranger snatches baby from trolley in supermarket DRY LIFE 145 litres of water a day? Learn to live on 50, like we had to in South Africa This is not the first time the fast food restaurant chain has had to deal with impersonators soliciting free food – or the myths behind these stories. Indeed, in May 2019, the story emerged of a 27-year-old who was said to had managed to get KFC for free by pretending to be from head office. The student, who had not been identified at the time, was said to have worn a suit and presented fake ID to fool staff at several of the popular chain’s restaurants in South Africa. The young man, allegedly from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, was reported to have pulled up to the KFC branches in a limousine driven by a friend and said he was there to make quality assurance checks on the food. It later emerged that the story was false. In June 2021, again, social media went into a frenzy when the story of an arrest of two South African men posing as food inspectors surfaced. Most read in News READING CARNAGE Yobs set tents on fire at Reading Festival as terrified revellers flee FESTIVAL HORROR Schoolboy, 16, dies after 'taking drugs' at Leeds Festival HORROR RAPE Man arrested for rape after woman ‘dragged into bushes by stranger’ DARK UNDERWORLD Gang bosses in city where Olivia Pratt-Korbel, 9, was killed 'flee abroad' ARSON ATTACK Grandmother of stab 'murder' victim Lilia, 9, set fire to hotel BLOOD CURDLING SeaWorld trainer screamed 'somebody help me' as she was savaged by two orcas A photo of the alleged conmen supposedly showed them standing in front of a police van “after two years of illegal activity”. South Africa’s struggling economy was hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic with an estimated 2 million jobs lost, soaring cost of living and a runaway inflation. GettyFake food inspectors are surrounded by myth across South Africa[/caption]