*A woman claims her child choked on a blue surgical face mask that was baked into a McDonald’s meal.
According to BBC, Laura Arber found the mask after her daughter Maddie began eating her chicken nuggets.
“My little daughter just started choking and I put my fingers down her throat to loop it out there was just blue with the sick. I thought what on earth is this?!” she told local news in Aldershot, England, where the incident took place.
“I didn’t even think it could be the chicken nugget but looked over at the box and all you could see was this blue coming out of another chicken nugget in the box of 20,” she said.
“It was a mask, it was absolutely baked into it, it had gone like chewing gum. It was disgusting. If I hadn’t been in the room I just don’t know what could have happened.”
The mother of four returned the food to the restaurant and the manager explained that the nuggets were not cooked on site.
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“Just because it says it’s a Happy Meal doesn’t mean it’s safe,” said Arber. She shared a video on Facebook of her cutting open a chicken nugget to reveal a face mask. “And the mask is cooked into it, like a part of the mixture and it’s clearly a mask. You can see the seam and how solid it is in there,” she said.
McDonald’s corporate office apologized and said staffers “offered a full refund and asked the customer to return the item.”
“We are very sorry to hear about this customer’s experience,” a spokesperson told the Daily Mail. “Food safety is of the utmost importance to us and we place great emphasis on quality control, following rigorous standards to avoid any imperfections.
“As soon as we were made aware of the issue we opened a full investigation with the relevant supplier, and have taken action to ensure any product from this batch is removed from restaurants.
“We would like to offer a full apology to the customer in question and understand they are currently in conversation with our customer services team.”
Arber said she and her daughter are over McDonald’s “for life”.
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