Side of cow chips? Chick-fil-A accused of leaving unsanitary ingredient in salad

DEPTFORD - When a Gloucester Township man sniffed his Chick-fil-A salad, the clumps among the lettuce didn't smell quite like garlic croutons. 

Edwin Molina claims the clumps were balls of manure, according to a lawsuit he filed last week in Gloucester County Superior Court.

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The Deptford restaurant's franchise owner is investigating the claim, a corporate spokesman told the Courier Post. 

Molina says in the suit he had already eaten a "good portion" of the salad from the Chick-fil-A restaurant on Clements Bridge Road in January 2017 when he spied the unwanted side of cow chips. 

The clumps looked like dirt, the lawsuit described. 

But after leaning in to the smell the unappetizing morsels, Molina believed the clumps to be manure, according to the suit.

Molina is suing the Chick-fil-A branch's owner, Doug Clark, and Taylor Farms, which allegedly supplied the salad to the restaurant. 

"Food safety and quality are our top priorities," Clark said in a statement. "We are aware of the complaint and are investigating."

Taylor Farms did not return calls for comment.

Carly Q. Romalino; @carlyqromalino; 856-486-2476; cromalino@gannettnj.com

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