A veterinary nurse was horrified to discover a bone that looks like it came from a finger in a packet of Harvest Snaps crisps. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, had been sharing the crisps with her colleagues at work when she noticed the bone at the bottom of the packet.
Harvest Snaps crisps, made by the Calbee group, are available at Waitrose, Sainsbury's and ASDA stores all across the UK. The nurse noticed the bone after she'd just finished the packet and was immediately nauseated.
She believes that the bone to be some sort of phalanx, a finger bone. The woman added that the structures on the bone may indicate that it is a bone, called condyles, which are the round bits on the end.
The nurse explained that it seemed to be too small to belong to the average human, but that it looked very much like one. She said: "It seems a bit too big to be a rodent. It would have to be a very large one if it is in fact a phalanx. We really aren't sure.
"It's nearly the size of a human proximal phalanx, but a bit small. If it's not human, it could be from a creature that expired either in the field, and was 'harvested', or some kind of vermin."
She tried to make contact with Calbee group who said: "We are sorry to hear that you were disappointed with your recent purchase. As our valued consumer, we place a high value on the health, safety, and satisfaction of you and your family."
She explained that they asked her to send them the "foreign object". The nurse said that their use of the words "foreign object" was a refusal to call the item a bone.
She added: "Because we deal with some pretty gross stuff at work, it takes a lot to gross us out. However, there's something different about it being in your food. No one vomited or anything...just a lot of nervous laughter and disgusted faces.
"The biggest concern was "is it human", obviously that would greatly increase the gross-out factor It's nearly the size of a human proximal phalanx, but a bit small. I suppose it could be from a small human hand.
"The response I got from the company was quick, but very copy and paste, the response seemed so nonchalant, as if this is something that just happens."
SWNS has contacted Harvest Snaps and the Calbee Group for comments.
