FAST food giant Kentucky Fried Chicken has released a statement after a diner made online accusations claiming her meal was covered in something other than secret herbs and spices.

In a post on Facebook, Melissa Cavanagh said that she was “feeling disgusted” after finding what she was maggots in her chicken, purchased from a Casino KFC restaurant on the Queensland-NSW border.

media_camera Melissa Cavanagh posted this photo to Facebook, saying she was "feeling disgusted" after finding the maggot in her KFC meal at Casino.

The Northern Star reports that the post attracted more than 300 comments with all kinds of opinions.

Darryl Telfer said: “Best post ever! Hopefully I won’t have to wait so long to get my juicy KFC ... Mmmm more for me.”

Rod J Pearson said the same thing happened to him and after a few photos and a complaint he “ended up with free KFC for a year”.

While Leboy Thompson included his own picture, saying: “That happened to me about a month ago in Lismore ... deep fried maggots”.

A KFC spokesperson said it was “unlikely” the situation happened in the restaurant pre-purchase and that the restaurant would welcome the opportunity to speak directly to the customer.

“KFC works closely with leading Australian forensic entomologists to understand flies to ensure our restaurant cooking and food handling practices are robust so we can keep our food safe,” a statement said.

“Their latest studies show that flies only deposit eggs in food with temperatures between 10 degrees Celsius and 40 degrees Celsius.

“We hold our raw chicken below these temperatures and our cooked chicken well above so again, it’s unlikely this situation happened pre-purchase.

“Unfortunately at this time of the year flies are out in force across Australia.

“We urge customers to take care when leaving food uncovered during the warmer months to prevent these instances from occurring.”

media_camera Leboy Thompson posted this image on Facebook suggesting his meal was served with unwanted fly larvae.

KFC also provided research from Professor James Wallman from University Of Wollongong, which states that a fly can deposit its eggs or maggots onto the food within seconds.

“The effect of heat on flies and their offspring makes it unlikely that eggs or live maggots found in a cooked KFC food item were already in the product prior to purchase, and it would be impossible were the eggs or maggots still alive,” Mr Wallman said.

He said it was “easy for infestation of a KFC food item to occur after purchase if left unattended, even for a short period, before the customer has a chance to consume it” and consumption wouldn’t harm the customer as any eggs or maggots would be killed by the human digestive system.