A MAN has told of his disgust after biting into raw chicken as he ate food from a takeaway in Bradford.

Jamie Deakin said he was violently sick for about half an hour after tucking into a portion of chicken pakora.

The 23-year-old had ordered the meat dish, with a cheeseburger and chips, via an online food ordering company.

Mr Deakin, who lives in Queensbury, said as he bit into one of the chicken pieces, he thought something didn't taste right and then saw that the inside of the battered pakora contained raw chicken.

Environmental Health officers have since visited from Jats, in High Street, Queensbury, but its owner strongly denies serving raw food.

Mr Deakin said: "My initial thought was 'oh, dear'.

"For the next 20 to 30 minutes I was being sick. It was probably a psychological thing having seen it and knowing I had eaten the rest of the chicken.

"I must have thrown the whole meal back up. I felt disgusted, but more shocked than anything."

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Mr Deakin, who paid £8 for his food, added: "I don't quite understand how they managed it. They cannot have checked it was cooked or anything like that.

"I normally go to a different takeaway. I probably won't be going to this one again, I will stick to one I know."

Mr Deakin reported his experience to Bradford Council. The local authority's environmental health department visited Jats on Tuesday and asked for a chicken pakora, which they found to be thoroughly cooked, before a follow-up visit on Wednesday to serve two food hygiene improvement notices.

The notices require the business to introduce a full food safety management system, to include the "safe cooking of foods including chicken pakoras" and "the time and temperatures involved to ensure this type of incident does not occur again in the future". It has also been asked to install an extra handwash basin.

The Council will revisit the shop at the end of the month to make sure the work is completed. Until then, Jats will have a one out of five rating on the local authority's food hygiene scoring system.

A spokesman for Bradford Council said: "We have received a complaint about this premises. An Environmental Health officer inspected the business recently and its food hygiene rating will be posted on the website within the next 28 days.

"Anyone who has a complaint about the quality of the product they have bought, has the option to take the matter up with the business owner."

Imran Khan, owner of Jats, said: "It is not true. We definitely did not serve raw chicken. They might have ordered it from somewhere else."

He added: "We have not received any complaint. Nobody has complained to us."

Councillor Michael Walls (Queensbury, Con) said: "You have got to be careful. It just shows how easy it is to end up eating something like that."