Ananova:

A food inspector in the US says he can't explain how a fully-fried chicken head ended up in a woman's McDonalds meal.

Dr Mohamed Ibraheim of the Department of Agriculture said chickens are usually beheaded before they're boiled and, even if the head made it through this process, two inspections should have found it.

Katherine Ortega said she ordered a box of fried chicken wings at McDonalds in Newport News, Virginia, only to find the head - with beak and feathers still visible.

Dr Ibraheim said: "I have no idea how it happened. I have never heard anything like it."

Owner of the restaurant, John E Smith, says he's determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, but that he needs to see the head to start his investigation.

He told the Daily Press: "Although I have made several requests to see this object, the customer refuses to give me that opportunity."