Something nasty

jos_4

Not sure where to put this post but here goes. I found something rather nasty in some chutney that i had bought, looks like a finger/toe nail. Contacted the company and they said to send it to them, is this the best thing to do? What else can i do? Advice needed please.

Browntoa

take some piccies of it in situ in the chutney....

Smiley_Mum

Just what I was going to suggest, Browntoa. :-)

Mr_Skint_2

Cook for an Xtra 15mins as they can be quite tough.

Seriously though get some piccies as mentioned before.

jos_4

Thanks for the suggestions, do you think i should send it all or cut some off to keep for future reference?

bingo_bango

Keep some. This matter is a public food safety issue, and really should be reported to your local environmental health officer. Send it to the company, and no-one ever gets any grief about it, and it could therefore continue to happen. Would you want to have it lodged in your throat the next time it happens?

Smiley_Mum

You could also contact your Protective Services office etc or whichever one is required to do with food standards etc. They would be able to assist you too surely with contacting the company regarding this "foreign object" that you have found in the chutney.

Nile

jos wrote:

Thanks for the suggestions, do you think i should send it all or cut some off to keep for future reference?

If it was in my jar of chutney, I would take it all to the local trading standards/environmental health officer.

When I used to work in a flour mill, we paid a visit to a (bread making) food factory. The manager there cheerfully told us that insect infestation of the bread was controlled but was 'less of a worry' when they were on a teacake run.:eek:

Food manufacturers are terrified of bad publicity (remember the mouse in a topic bar?) so if you returned the chutney jar to the manufacturer, they might not deal with the matter (corrective action) as seriously as when trading standards investigate.;)

Bendybops19

Oh dear, thats horrible! Thank god you found it and didnt end up getting it stuck in your throat or even choking. Ew, imagine even having it in your mouth...

Anyways, i wouldnt want to send it all off in case it either got lost in the post along with you letter or they deny received it.

So take a piccie of it, zoom in so they can see what it is.

How could have happened, doesnt everyone in the food industry have to wear gloves now?

jos_4

Just to say big thank you to all those who replied. A man from environmental health came today and took the "foreign object" and the chutney away to analyse, i hope it's not a toe-nail yuk!!!!!

madfrenchgirl

eeeewwwww Jos

I really cant believe how this could end up in your jar, i used to work in a food processing factory making pouch meals for pubs. We had to wear big overal, wash our hands everytime we were coming back in the factory from the outside, the nuts were locked in the office and only the manager had the key... We even had to rinse our wellies while coming back from the outside, and people manipulating food had to wear gloves!

would you be kind enough to tell us what brand it was so we dont buy the same?