A Brisbane mum has been left \u201chorrified\u201d after her daughter discovered a shard of hard plastic pressed into a slice of Tip Top bread bought from Woolworths.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
While she thankfully made the unwanted find before biting into the affected part, Laura told 9News the girl was \u201cshaking and crying\u201d as a result of the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201c(It\u2019s) is not meant to be in bread,\u201d the girl told her mother.<\/p>\n
She said the bread, a Tip Top The One loaf, had been purchased from the Moorooka branch of Woolworths.<\/p>\n
Now, both the supermarket chain and the bread producers say investigations are under way into how the glass came to be in the bread.<\/p>\n
\u201cWoolworths takes food safety seriously and we are concerned by this customer report,\u201d a Woolworths spokesman said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are investigating this with Tip Top as a priority but are not aware of any similar reports of this nature.\u201d<\/p>\n
In an updated statement, a spokesperson from George Weston Foods – the owners of Tip Top – said they were investigating an isolated product incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can confirm the foreign object is a small piece of hard plastic, not glass as previously reported,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll 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.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe safety and quality of our products is paramount at Tip Top and we will continue to investigate this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n
No other reports of similar incidents have been received.<\/p>\n