(9 News) -- Update: An independent lab has confirmed that the product is chicken. KFC's official statement to the USA TODAY Network:
Recently, a customer questioned the quality of a KFC product, and this received considerable publicity given the sensational nature of his claim. The product has now been tested by a third-party independent lab, which confirmed it is definitely a piece of chicken, as we knew all along. The right thing for this customer to do is to apologize and cease making false claims about the KFC brand.
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Customer Devorise Dixon posted photos on June 11 to Facebook of the alleged crispy rat.
Dixon claimed he purchased the meal at a KFC in Compton, Calif. Since sharing the photos online, the images went viral with people debating whether or not it is a real rat.
Some, including KFC, have argued that it's just an unusually shaped piece of chicken. Which it was.
