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| A pristine cinnamon roll free from foreign objects. Photo: Getty Images |
"I found a Band-Aid in about the third piece of mine," Burrows told KBCI-TV in Boise. "A used Band-Aid."
And if that wasn't bad enough, her kids had already consumed their rolls.
"It was disgusting, sickening," she told the station. "I mean, my kids had eaten them -- I wanted to know if I was at risk for any diseases."
Her doctor said hepatitis could be a risk, but the Idaho Health and Welfare office said as long as the roll was cooked, there shouldn't be any health concerns.
Slashfood contacted Supervalu, the parent company of Albertsons, as well as Rich Products Corporation in Buffalo, which made the rolls. Stephanie Worrell, an Albertsons spokeswoman, said a "major investigation" is underway.
Lisa Texido, a spokeswoman for Rich Products, told Slashfood that the company learned of the complaint through the TV station and was investigating.
"As a company with a 60-plus year history of producing safe, quality products, we obviously take any reference to product safety very seriously," she said. "Therefore we will fully investigate this claim to determine, if in fact the product in question is one of our products and if so, the cause of the issue."
Cases of foreign objects turning up in food are nothing new. Last year, a North Carolina man found mouse parts in his hot dog bun, and the occasional (yet still disgusting) stray hair happens more often than one would care to admit. But the cases are not always legit. In 2005, a couple admitted planting a fingertip in a bowl of chili in order to swindle Wendy's.
[Via KBCI-TV]
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