Toad found in can of green beans

[Tony_FLADEM]

Gloria Chubb of South Bend, Indiana, was shocked when she discovered a toad in a can of Meijer green beans. Chubb told WBND ABC 57 that she was in a rush that day and didn’t notice the amphibian until after she emptied the can and microwaved the green beans. She said, "My son put some on his plate and said, ‘What is that?’ I thought maybe it was a piece of moldy bacon or something-- because they have bacon in them sometimes…I and I took it out of there and it wasn't moldy bacon, it was a toad with parts of his little legs all in the green beans. Other than that he was fully intact."

Chubb returned to the Meijer store with her remaining unopened cans of green beans and received a refund. She then took the two questionable cans to the health department. After investigation, the Indiana state Department of Heath concluded that the toad was processed along with the beans at the Wisconsin wholesale canning plant. Food Service Director for the St. Joseph County Health Department, Rita Hooten said, "When the green beans were picked from the field, it was also placed on a conveyor line and just was accidentally put into the can of green beans during process.” The Health Department consumer specialist who compiled the incident report said that because factory canning is fast paced, and green bean fields are natural habitats for frogs and toads, finding them in canned veggies is unusual, but does happen from time to time. Chubb said she reached out to the health department because she wanted to warn others adding, “I mean, anything can happen you know, but a whole frog?”

Chubb received a letter of apology from the canning company along with $50. Meijer issued a statement saying, “Our goal at Meijer is to always provide the highest quality products to our customers. We sincerely regret this customer's experience, and we are in the process of investigating the incident.”

http://news.yahoo.com/video/toad-found-green-beans-200410481.html

[Fumesucker]

1. Reminded me of this cartoon..

[markiv]

14. that obscure character became the mascot for the WB network nt

[Renew Deal]

2. These things happen

ribbit

[MadrasT]

3. Odd that it was in South Bend.

Last year I was in South Bend and found a pickled spider in a bottle of beer. It ended up in my mouth.

I can't drink beer straight out of the bottle anymore, has to go in a glass now so I can see it before it goes in my mouth.

[dipsydoodle]

4. Reminds me of what my father used to say

Finding a slug in a salad is better than finding half a slug.

see also Donoghue v Stevenson a classic legal case which concerned a snail in a bottle of ginger beer : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donoghue_v_Stevenson

[Dash87]

5. Thank you Gloria, but our Princess is in another can

[Journeyman]

6. "No charge for extra meat". . .

Or so said Bobby, cook in a restaurant I once worked at, when asked what to do about lettuce in which I found a fly.

[badtoworse]

7. Heard of water bugs in bottles of Pepsi, but the worst was a used condom in a container of yogurt.

[hedgehog]

9. No excuse for the used condom in the yogurt - that must have been

deliberate by some jackass mad at his boss - but finding the frog in the beans is just one of those things. It proves that at least frogs could survive in the field where the beans were grown. I'd rather find a frog than learn later I was over-exposed to pesticides!

[badtoworse]

11. I actually thought it was planted by the consumer with the idea of suing the company

Pretty disgusting no matter what

[datasuspect]

8. well

beans grow from the earth in rural agricultural environments.

plenty of creatures in those areas.

like forrest gump said:

Jogger: "you just stepped in a pile of shit!"

Forrest: "it happens."

[no_hypocrisy]

10. Crunchy frog

[randome]

12. Is that 'toad' or 'Todd'? Because I've been looking for my cousin Todd.

[Cirque du So-What]

13. The worst thing I've ever seen in processed food

was when a friend took a drink from a long-necked bottle of Budweiser and commented that it tasted bad. He emptied the bottle and out came a small-diameter cigar about 2" long. The bite marks on the stogie were still discernible.

[Little Star]

15. Thanks for that, ugh.....

So here:
15 of the Grossest Things Ever Found in Food

Condom in Soup Incident


More here: http://www.popcrunch.com/15-of-the-grossest-things-ever-found-in-food/