A Brisbane mum has been left “horrified” after her daughter discovered a shard of hard plastic pressed into a slice of Tip Top bread bought from Woolworths.
The mother, identified only as Laura, told 9News she made her daughter a toastie only for the seven-year-old to return it to her in tears.
She says the youngster discovered the small shard in the bread – which looked distinctly like a piece of glass – which appeared to have been pressed into one of the slices.
While she thankfully made the unwanted find before biting into the affected part, Laura told 9News the girl was “shaking and crying” as a result of the incident.
“(It’s) is not meant to be in bread,” the girl told her mother.
She said the bread, a Tip Top The One loaf, had been purchased from the Moorooka branch of Woolworths.
Now, both the supermarket chain and the bread producers say investigations are under way into how the glass came to be in the bread.
“Woolworths takes food safety seriously and we are concerned by this customer report,” a Woolworths spokesman said.
“We are investigating this with Tip Top as a priority but are not aware of any similar reports of this nature.”
In an updated statement, a spokesperson from George Weston Foods – the owners of Tip Top – said they were investigating an isolated product incident.
“We can confirm the foreign object is a small piece of hard plastic, not glass as previously reported,” the spokesperson said.
“As the material in question does not belong in any of our production processes or facilities, we believe it is unlikely that this originated during the baking process.
“All Tip Top baking facilities have robust food safety and quality assurance processes in place (including sieve controls for all ingredients) to ensure no contaminants are present at the time of dispatch.
“The safety and quality of our products is paramount at Tip Top and we will continue to investigate this matter.”
No other reports of similar incidents have been received.
Originally published as Brisbane mum left ‘horrified’ after discovering shard of hard plastic in bread slice