NBC’s Dateline surveyed 100 restaurants in each of 10 fast food chains around the country. “The 1,000 restaurants we sampled totaled 1,755 critical violations, and 613 restaurants were cited at least once. That’s more than 60 percent with problems inspectors consider potentially hazardous to your health.”
The 10 chains with the number of “critical violations” for each chain (100 different locations):
10. Taco Bell: 91
9. McDonald’s: 136
8. KFC: 157
7. Subway: 160
6. Jack in the Box: 164
5. Dairy Queen: 184
4. Hardees: 206
3. Wendy’s: 206
2. Arby’s: 210
1. Burger King: 241
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