Chef Turla was caught kissing and licking toads in the kitchen.
The Osaka restaurant in Davenport Iowa was busted by health officials after they viewed a Facebook video of Christopher Turla, one of the chefs.
The video shows the chef with two small toads on a kitchen prep table at the restaurant. He kisses the toads a few times, licks them, then stuffs them in his mouth.
Food inspector Lindsay Gorishek says toads carry several diseases and that Turla had the toads in his mouth and then back in his hands on the prep table.
The restaurant was fined $335 and the staff will undergo training in food safety and sanitation.
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