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This would vary from store to store.
Honestly I have never seen the intentional sabotoge of food (spitting, pissing etc) at my store. When something drops we always throw it way. We are required to wash hands at 1 hour intervals, and when in and after returning from the rest room(twice) and our managers watch us the second time we wash at the employee sing in the back.
The problems we have at our store involves:
1)leaving frys out to long. (we are very small and have few customers, sometimes we would have to throw way whole untouched baskets of frys if we did not leave them more then the 8 minutes. This doesn't make them unsafe to eat but after a few minutes they do get soggy.
2)Pulling fry products early (no more than 30 seconds) The products are not cold when we do this but they may not have reaced correct internal tempreture.
3)Employees eating food. This is not so much a health thing, because we eat by the back sink, but it means someone (who has washed their hands every hour they've been working) may have touched your nuggets with thier bare fingers.
Most fast food restaurants have insane saftey messures against things going wrong. The kitchens are almost always mostly visable to the customer (completely to the manager) we wear gloves, we must have our hair tied, we check internal temps of food 5 times a day. (just before each meal rush at opening and changing from breakfast) and everything has a timer for how long it cooks and how long it stays in the heater.
If someone is complete bastard to us, we WILL talk about them once their gone. We may give them a sandwich with tomatoe on it if the ordered no tomatoe. If the person uses some kind of racial/sexual slur against us we (at McD's at least) are alowed to refuse to serve them. (have or manager do it, or if the manager decides to ask them to leave) But the behavior that you talk about, (spiting etc) is INCREDABLY rare I think, you would REALLY have to deserve it.
All and all I'd say it's as safe as letting a freind cook for you. (maybe safer cause they say most people who cook at home only wash their hands if someone else is there watching)