Skip to main content
Skip to main content

Hot on HuffPost Food:

See More Stories
Tell us what you think for a chance at $1000!


Mouse allegedly found in soup

A woman in Tennessee claims that her 89-year old mother found a mouse in a can of Campbell's Bean and Bacon soup. Campbell's representatives say that they would like to examine the mouse and the can in question, both of which have been stored by the family who made the allegations. The company says that it is unlikely that a mouse could have gotten into the very rigidly monitored packaging system at their plant. Casting further doubts on the legitimacy of the claim is the fact that the woman's mother reportedly ate some of the soup before noticing that there was a mouse in the can.

To give you an idea of the sizes, though the article does not specifically state what size can of soup the woman purchased, a regular sized can of Campbell's soup is 10.5-ounces and an adult mouse is about 1-ounce. The woman must have been eating directly from the can, as she would mostly likely have seen the mouse (if it was, in fact, in the can) had she decanted the soup.

Source

Filed Under: Food Oddities, Newspapers
Tags: animal in food, campbell's soup, Campbell'sSoup, canned goods, canned osup, contaminated food, dead mouse, dead mouse in soup, dead rodent, dead rodent in soup, DeadMouseInSoup, mouse, oddities, rodent, soup, tennessee

Sponsored Links

Reader comments (Page 1 of 1)

Finished.Law.School

2-13-2006 @11:14AM Finished.Law.School said... That obese Wendy's lady has begun a trend for scam artists...
Reply

Pat

2-13-2006 @3:52PM Pat said... >she would mostly likely have seen the mouse had she decanted the soup.

Not necessarily. Having had Campbell's Bean and Bacon Soup before, I can tell you that it's a solid tube of paste when it comes out of the can. Think canned cranberry sauce, only opaque. If she didn't do a thorough job of mixing the paste into the water you're supposed to add, the mouse could have been hiding beneath the surface. (Cue the music from Jaws here.) Not that I would vouch for them or anything.
Reply

2 Comments / 1 Pages

Most Popular Stories

  • FDA Still Struggling to Define

    FDA Still Struggling to Define "Gluten-Free"Read More

  • This Omelet Recipe Is Written On the Egg Itself

    This Omelet Recipe Is Written On the Egg ItselfRead More

  • Why Jewish Food Disappoints

    Why Jewish Food DisappointsRead More

Latest Flickr Feed


Sponsored Links