Bread production at a Sasko plant has been suspended after a mouse got into a loaf of bread purchased by a KwaZulu-Natal woman, Cape {town} Etc reports.
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Last month, Nombulelo Mkumla posted a video on social media of the incident, only to discover the mouse baked and sliced into her supper after eating a few slices.
In her Facebook post, Mkumla stated that she returned the bread to the store where she purchased it, received a full refund, and was instructed to file a complaint with the supplier.
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After contacting the supplier, she said she received a phone call from a person who assured her that eating the bread with the mouse would not harm her health.
She described the experience as ‘traumatic and unpleasant,’ and she doubted she would ever consume Sasko goods again.
It is still unclear how the mouse died within a loaf of bread.
Sasko told Eyewitness News that after learning about Mkumla’s incident, an investigation was promptly begun, with third-party service providers contacted.
Despite this being ‘an extreme and isolated, yet extremely regrettable situation,’ Sasko said it would cease bread manufacturing at the factory in issue until investigations were completed.
‘We were shocked and devastated when a KZN consumer, informed us that she found a rodent in her loaf of Sasko bread. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience or discomfort that this incident caused Ms Nombulelo Mkumla as well as any of our other loyal consumers,’ Sasko said in a statement.
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Last week, PepsiCo South Africa told IOL News that the discovery is an ‘isolated occurrence’, stating that the loaf of SASKO Low GI Seeded Whole Wheat brown bread did not meet the company’s standards.
PepsiCo South Africa’s Cornel Vermeulen reportedly stated that an investigation was launched and that while samples and records were taken from the batch, no discrepancies were found.
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