A Hungry Jack’s customer expressed his displeasure after finding a raw chicken fillet in his burger.
The man posted a photo on Reddit on Sunday evening of the meal he received at the Hungry Jack’s Herston store in Brisbane.
The burger was cut in half, revealing raw chicken in the bun, which also contained mayonnaise and lettuce.
“I’m so glad my partner and I decided to share this Hungry Jack’s fried chicken burger,” he captioned the photo.
‘Pinker than pink. Hungry Jack’s Herston is handing out salmonella.’
The burger, which was described as “warm meat jelly,” was free as part of the chain’s current UNO promotion.
“(It) just went in the trash,” the customer added.
‘The disadvantage is that from now on I will be very sketchy with all the chicken burgers that I pick up.’
A man posted about his raw chicken burger (pictured) that he was served at a Hungry Jacks in Brisbane on Sunday night
The man said he has since reported the raw burger to Queensland Health and Hungry Jacks (pictured is the raw chicken burger)
The photo has left Australian fast food fans shocked and angry.
“Please report it. Enough to kill someone,” someone pleaded.
Another one: ‘Salmonella can be a big problem for some people.’
A third wrote: ‘I was admitted to hospital as a child with salmonella poisoning. It was f**king awful.’
Others were concerned about how the incident could have happened in the first place.
“It’s possible a new employee presses the wrong button on the fryer and thinks the outside is dark when he takes the fryer out,” one person wrote.
Another added: ‘The staff probably accidentally pressed the timer for the chicken royale (two minutes and thirty seconds) instead of the JFC timer (nine minutes) on the fryer.’
Someone said sarcastically, “How can a 13-year-old chef make such a fundamental mistake?”
Another customer from Brisbane claimed she had similar food issues at the same Hungry Jack’s store.
“Herston is also our closest branch and every time I’ve ordered from there it’s been absolutely terrible,” one woman said.
“Bad fries, tough and overcooked burgers: our household has become a strict alcohol-free household,” she said.
Hungry Jack’s has contacted the customer and said food safety is its “top priority” (photo of a stock photo of a Hungry Jack’s restaurant sign)
The man who originally shared the photo has since reported it to both Queensland Health and Hungry Jack’s
He said the restaurant’s district manager in Brisbane contacted him and also thought it could have been due to a cooking error.
“She mentioned what a lot of people in this article have already said: probably the wrong button was pressed and the chicken cooked too quickly,” he said.
A Hungry Jack’s spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia that food safety is the chain’s “top priority”.
“Hungry Jack’s has strict quality assurance processes and appropriate training systems,” the experts said.
‘Hungry Jack’s was notified of the complaint late Sunday evening and has contacted the customer.’
People can become infected with salmonella by eating raw or undercooked food from infected animals, such as poultry, according to Health NSW.
Symptoms include headache, fever, stomach cramps, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.
Symptoms usually begin six to 72 hours after exposure to the bacteria and usually last four to seven days.