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He got out his camera, then contacted the Food and Drug Administration office in Detroit, sending them full details and pictures of the defrosted frog perched amid a heap of diced veggies. The FDA seemed concerned and promised an investigation, but a week passed and Tim heard nothing from them. So, being a detail-oriented sort of person, and being truly concerned that the same thing might happen to someone else, he contacted a reporter from the local newspaper, the Lansing State Journal.
As reported by the Today show on its website, the newspaperman, John Schneider, contacted the Meijer grocery chain where the bag of store-brand vegetables had been purchased. Within an hour, the chain issued an apology to Tim and inspected all the product that remained in their store, and found no more amphibians -- frogs or otherwise. More distressingly, the store reported that they'd never been contacted by the FDA, suggesting that the Detroit office had just laughed the incident off. Contacted by the Today show, the FDA refused to comment on an investigation they said was ongoing.
The Hoffmans have recovered and are going about their lives as usual. Nevertheless, Tim notes, "We'll never open another bag of anything without looking at it first."
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10-22-2010 @1:11PM Mary Ann said... This reminds me of the story I read in the NY Times where a woman found a rat head inside a can of Chef Boyardee pasta. That being said, I wasn't aware that frogs are common in processing plants. Weird.
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10-23-2010 @7:02PM kingking said... Remember, vegetables are usually grown on a farm, wildlife of all sorts like veggies as much as we do. Years ago, I worked in the office of a frozen food plant. Many times, we'd hear squeals from the processing line because a snake or frog had made it off the truck and onto the line. It only makes sense that occasionally one would make it through, although the one in the picture looks amazingly intact to have been included in a package of CHOPPED vegetables.
10-24-2010 @6:28AM Sunday said... Awwww, poor froggie! Remember, these veggies are grown on farms outside, so the frog probably made his way into the processing plant along with the veggies. But for the wife to scream bloody murder? A bit overreacting, I think. After I saw the headline, I thought of my own habit of steaming frozen veggies every morning for my 4 dogs to add to their food - and that's exactly what this couple was doing! lol We had a local resident here once find a live frog in her lettuce that she just bought from the local market - she said her kids decided to keep it as a pet because it was not native to our area and would have died if set free (it was too cold outside at that time of the year, I guess.) Anyway, the kids named the frog Boston for the type of lettuce they found him in lived for a few years as their pet.
10-24-2010 @1:41PM Ivan I. said... Having driven for a frozen foods processor, who processed string beans & corn it doesn't phase me to see the occasional small animal getting into the final packaging. That the frog made into this bag is truly against the odds. I think if more persons actually were to see the extent of the product as it comes out of the field that they might consider growing their own. I am not saying that commercially grown & processed foods are evil... just that you should know what goes into that bag of veggies or salad mix.
10-22-2010 @8:58PM Dave said... Imagine how the frog feels.
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10-24-2010 @7:23AM ff said... cold and alone...
10-24-2010 @8:08AM Sunday said... ...and scared stiff.
10-24-2010 @9:43AM LuLu said... Frozen in fear
10-24-2010 @1:18PM Sin D said... Rubit...I'm cold
10-24-2010 @7:57PM marian said... At last they found me.
10-23-2010 @3:59PM cathy said... At least it was the whole frog. Imagine if it was half, with the other half lurking in another bag for the stupid FDA to hunt down. http://newsy1.wordpress.com
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10-23-2010 @10:12PM Jonas Luster said... It's just a frog. Those veggies are harvested, washed, cut into pieces and flash-frozen within minutes of each other. Animal matter happens into every single bag out there, sometimes it's a little bit of a bug, sometimes it's a little bit of a worm, or a frog. Why not? It's nature. Things happen in nature.
People get way too picky about the sterility of their food (while, at the same time, clamoring for more 'organic' fare). If it grows in soil (and the bag looks to me as if it has some vegetables in it that aren't commonly hydroponically grown) it's surrounded by things that live in soil. If a little protein in your food scares you (or makes you sick), wash your veggies after thawing a second time. Simple as that.
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10-24-2010 @12:43AM babbdacook said... Let's just reclassify frog as a vegetable. Problem solved!!
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10-24-2010 @10:38AM Mr. B said... Good point-it is green; why not?
10-24-2010 @1:06AM gin_ger said... Newsflash: vegetables grow outside! o_O I agree completely with Jonas Luster and kingking!
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10-24-2010 @8:28AM Josh said... A frog? Did they have to pay extra for meat with the vegetables?
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10-24-2010 @5:10PM baldeaze said... WOW ! Felt like that story was told in real time......YUCK
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10-24-2010 @9:25AM niazis5 said... ewww i would freak out if that were me.well actuallly i dont buy veggies so it wont affect me.
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10-24-2010 @9:26AM Barb said... Where there is food, there are animals, vermin and bugs. It can be unsettling and gross-but it just happens sometimes!
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10-24-2010 @9:27AM bev said... THATS JUST GROSS MAKES ME WANT TO NEVER EVER EAT VEGS AGAIN
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