Nanny state or Elf and safety gone mad???

A friend ended up near London due to work last night, booked into a B&B then went to get something to eat, thought he would be naughty and went to KFC, he was told they were not allowed to sell chicken with bones in it !!!!!!!!!!!
Why not, is the British public now not thought to be capable of eating Chicken.
You can buy a Chicken in a supermarket cook it and eat it, it has bones in it.
He was so surprised he phoned me to tell me.