We at The Injury Lawyers are used to dealing with the weird and wonderful when it comes to problems with products or shortfalls in services. If anyone is ever injured due to a faulty product or a shabby service, it’s possible they may have a claim for compensation for any injury or suffering caused. There are so many ways a product or a service can go wrong – but this next story from sources from the Telegraph and the Mirror is sickeningly frightening…
According to the sources, a man preparing sandwiches with a loaf of Hovis Best of Both found a dead mouse baked in to the bread! Take a look at the photographs on the websites – it’s genuinely sickening! How such a thing could ever have been allowed to happen is bewildering.
Stephen Force from Oxfordshire bought the loaf online from Tesco’s in January 2009 when he noticed a dark discolouration in the corner of several slices on the loaf of bread he had bought. Initially, he assumed it was dough that hadn’t mixed properly, as he was preparing sandwiches for his children; upon close inspection, he spotted fur on the object before he realised it was a dead mouse baked in to the corner of the bread!
You can see from the photos that it’s only a small critter – covering less than four slices – it could have easily been missed! God forbid the horror of finding out you have just eaten a part of a dead mouse baked in to a loaf of bread! Mr Forse said “I felt quite shaken. As I was feeling ill I couldn’t face eating anything myself.”
The report goes on to say that the find was made even worse when Environmental Health paid a visit – and spotted that the tail was missing. Mr Forse went on to say “Her comments made me feel ill once again as there was no indication where the tail was. Had it fallen off prior to the bread being wrapped or had any of my family eaten it with another slice of bread on a previous day?”
Premier Foods were ordered to pay £16,821 at Oxford Crown Court on Friday following investigations by Council health Officers. They pleaded guilty to “failing to ensure all stages of food production were protected against contamination” and “failing to maintain a robust pest management system” at its South London British bakeries site. But this is still no ordinary case of salmonella or food poisoning from bacteria – we are talking about a dead mouse in a load of bread!!! It just seems impossible!
A Premier Foods spokesman has said “We apologise profusely for the distress caused as a result of this isolated incident.” Isolated or not, this just should never happen!
If you have been injured or have suffered due to a poor product or an unsatisfactory service received, you may have a claim for compensation. Speak to an expert firm of specialist personal injury lawyers for the best advice and guidance on claiming for compensation.
I think I will stick to a different brand of bread when I make my bacon and egg sandwich tomorrow morning… unless they’re all made in the same factory; scary stuff…
