Hotel live-streams 10-year-old McDonald burger that hasn't decomposed

If posts about McDonald's burger and fries not decomposing like most foods weren't concerning enough, here comes a ten-year-old seemingly indestructible burger with a side of fries kept in a glass box in Iceland. As per an AFP report, the fast food is the last order of burger and fries from McDonald's in the country and is kept at a hostel in Iceland as though it were an invaluable piece of art. The burger was bought on October 31 by a customer Hjortur Smarason. 

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Last McDonald's burger bought in 2009

In 2009 during the financial crisis in Iceland, the last three McDonald's in the nation shutdown. Smarason bought a 'last meal' from the outlet for its 'historic value'. Since he had heard that McDonald's food never decomposed, he wanted to test the claim. He had kept the meal in his garage and later lent it to the National Museum of Iceland following which it was moved to a hotel in Reykjavik for some time.

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Last McDonald's burger and fries live-streamed

The burger is on display at Snotra House, a hostel in Thykkvibaer in southern Iceland. The hostel's owner  Sigurdur Gylfason says that people from around the world come there to see just the burger. The hostel in its website has dedicated a page to the 'last Mcdonald's burger and fries' where viewers can see the burger and fries live which show no signs of decomposition.

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Why the burger and fries don't decompose

McDonald's in 2013 said that its food decomposes like any other and the food requires moisture like any other organic matter to decompose. The company said that with sufficient desiccation its food was 'unlikely to grow mould or bacteria or decompose'. A senior lecturer at the University of Iceland's faculty of food science confirmed to AFP saying that without moisture the food will just dry away.

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