Mouse found in UK ready-meal

by Nicole Weston, Posted Feb 18th 2006 @ 4:07PM

A mouse was found in a UK ready-made meal. To be more specific, only the head of the rodent was actually in the meal and the rest of the body was presumably lost during processing. After purchasing the microwaveable curry at an Asada market in England, the pregnant Tricia Rankin only ate two bites before she spotted the head. She told reporters that she threw up all night as a result of the incident. The company, which is owned by Wal-Mart, has issued an apology to the woman and assured her that they would issue "an appropriate amount of compensation" after the product has been tested. I wonder if she will receive more "compensation" if they find other bits of the mouse in the meal. As far as value per piece, I strongly feel that the head of the mouse is the most traumatic bit to encounter, followed by the tail.

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Tags: asada, asada market, british isles, endlang, europe, frozen curry, microwave curry, mouse, mouse head, mouse in burry, oddities, ready meal, rodent, tricia rankin, uk, united kingdom, wal-mart, walmart

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2-18-2006 @4:39PM Andrew Bowness said... I'm sure all the Brits reading will have noticed, but I thought that the American reader-ship I should point out the typo of 'Asada', it's actually just 'Asda'. Considering the 'excellent value' of some of their products it's hardly surprising that they supplement their meat with some extras.
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