Tesco shopper horrified after 'finding piece of glass' in £1.80 meal deal pasta
The 44-year-old man, who wished to remain anonymous, took a bite into the pasta and immediately noticed a 'hard piece'.
The customer, who works as a civil servant, assumed it was a 'shell' but was gobsmacked to discover 'it was a piece of glass', he claims.
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Thankfully, he was uninjured.
He told BirminghamLive: "I took the meal to work and began to eat it.
"I bit into a hard piece of pasta, which I assumed was a shell, but when I took the piece out of my mouth, I noticed that it was a piece of glass.
"Luckily, I did not fully bite into it as it would have cut my mouth or tongue.
He bought the pasta as part of a £3.60 meal deal from the Tesco store in Hamstead Village, in Great Barr, Birmingham, on the evening of Sunday, July 6.
The shopper, who hails from Birmingham, continued: "I was shocked and at the same time lucky.
"If I had swallowed the piece of glass, I could have potentially injured myself.
"I showed my work colleagues, and they were shocked too.
"It has put me off buying any pasta meal deal in the future from any store."
He added: "I just hope Tesco takes this matter seriously before someone is injured."
The customer has since returned the pasta and accompanying 'glass shard' to Tesco.
A follow-up investigation has concluded that the sharp object was actually a piece of plastic originating from the product's packaging.
Tesco said this was an isolated incident within the production process and additional steps have been taken to ensure it won't happen again.
A review of the production process has been carried out and staff have been given additional training.
In addition, the customer has been offered a full refund and they've been directly contacted by Tesco.
A company spokesperson said: 'We're sorry to hear about this.
"We work closely with our suppliers to ensure there are robust quality procedures in place.
"We have fully investigated this, and the supplier has taken additional steps to ensure all products meet our high quality standards."
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