Cold ice at a restaurant in the UK

Cold ice served at the restaurant in England's most famous food court contains more bacteria than water in the toilets of these restaurants.

The Daily Mail of England conducted a survey of the quality of hygiene of ice cold at famous restaurants in the country. The survey team conducted cold ice sampling from 10 restaurants of 6 famous brands such as McDonald's, Burger King, KFC, Starbucks, Cafe Rouge and Nando's.

Cold ice and water samples in the toilet were taken from a Burger King restaurant in London.

Test results show that all cold ice samples in restaurants in Britain's most famous food court contain more bacteria than water from these restaurants' washbasins. Experts believe that toilets contain more frequent cleaning than ice machines.

Scientists say no cold ice samples contain bacteria that are immediately harmful to the user's health. However, cold ice samples at 4 restaurants contain bacteria considered unsanitary.

Dr. Melody Greenwood, former director of the laboratory of the UK Health Protection Agency, said the survey results show that restaurants need to train their employees to produce and transport ice cubes in a sanitary manner. Best.

'This is a warning,' Ms Greenwood said. 'We often forget that cold ice can contain bacteria because they think it's too cold for bacteria to exist, but it's not true. Dangerous bacteria like E.coli can get into ice machines. In some samples, we found that the amount of bacteria in cold ice is twice as high in the water used to make ice. "