"Although nobody has been poisoned, this at the very least is an irregular way of slaughtering poultry," said a health official in China about a restaurant that has been forbidden from serving meals prepared from chickens killed by poisonous snake bites.
I couldn't bring myself to watch the video of the chef killing a chicken with a snake bite, but here it is if you are interested.
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