Food contamination articles

[snopes]

No child became sick, but the thought of finding mouse remains in cooked green beans at a preschool lunch has officials feeling ill.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070104/D8MEN0U82.html

[Mouse]

I don't know what you've heard, but it wasn't me. I have better taste than that.

at least the school officials told the parents instead of keeping quiet to try & avoid lawsuits & hoping no one would ever find out. Are they sure it was in the green beans & not possibly in the school?

[Seaboe Muffinchucker]

I read the subject line as respected mouse remains, etc.

Geeze, I need a new brain.

Seaboe

[Nick Theodorakis]

Originally Posted by Seaboe Muffinchucker

I read the subject line as respected mouse remains, etc.

Geeze, I need a new brain.

Seaboe

I parsed the headline differently: I was reading "remains found" as one verb phrase, as if they found a mouse (who was suspected of something) in the beans at one time, and he's still there.

Nick

[Simply Madeline]

Originally Posted by Nick Theodorakis

I parsed the headline differently: I was reading "remains found" as one verb phrase, as if they found a mouse (who was suspected of something) in the beans at one time, and he's still there.

Nick

I read it as if they found something (suspected of being a mouse) in the beans, and whatever it is, it's still there.

[Tenko]

I must've misread the title. I thought something suspected of being a mouse remained in some beans. XD That would be really nasty, but really, it was feces that were found in beans, which isn't any more appetizing, but I've seen it happen. There were mice at my high school's old building and they were definitely peeing and pooing all over, even around the food. Ew! After we moved out to a new building, that one got cleaned up. Thank goodness!

[snopes]

A middle school student's claim of finding a mouse inside a bag of Frito-Lay barbecue potato chips purchased at a school lunch line appears credible, Lewis-Palmer School District 38 officials said.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070316/D8NT0C2G2.html

[Brad from Georgia]

Figures. A lousy mouse is in the chips, while teachers are as poor as church--well, you know.

[Kitsune27]

So, I guess this is a good indication that Frito-Lay's idea to create healthier chips with more protein is a bust then.

[Arriah]

Seems like it worked to me, the protien was there, silly student just didn't eat the mouse!

[snopes]

A dead mouse that a student found inside a bag of barbecue potato chips he bought in the lunch line likely chewed its way into the bag after the chips were delivered to the school, a Frito-Lay spokeswoman said.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070319/D8NVH0J00.html

[Hyper Squirrel]

Originally Posted by snopes

A dead mouse that a student found inside a bag of barbecue potato chips he bought in the lunch line likely chewed its way into the bag after the chips were delivered to the school, a Frito-Lay spokeswoman said.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070319/D8NVH0J00.html

Honestly, I'm not suprised at all. My school has a rodent and insect infestation and every so often you'll see one. The basic attitude is don't bother them and they won't bother you. That and there's 4,100 of us, we're teenagers, and wethe guys bathe in AXE, so an exterminator does NFBSK.

Glad I don't live in Colorado, Springs.

[snopes]

Frito-Lay Inc. says it will investigate a man's "unsubstantiated claim" that he found a deep-fried mouse in a bag of barbecue potato chips.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070723/D8QII0BG1.html

[snopes]

The FDA has confirmed that an object a Missouri woman found in a can of Libby's green beans is a cooked mouse.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/n...?storyid=88725

[bthyb]

An FDA report obtained under the Freedom of Information Act identifies the lump as a "headless and tail-less mouse that had been thermally processed," making the canned mouse, technically, safe to eat.

If the mouse found was headless, why does the mouse in the picture at the top of the article clearly have a head? Is the picture faked?

[Syllavus]

Originally Posted by bthyb

If the mouse found was headless, why does the mouse in the picture at the top of the article clearly have a head? Is the picture faked?

You can see a head in the picture? Where? It just looked like a gross icky blob of stuff that is definitely not green beans to me.

Ewwww, I think I'm put off of canned green beans forever. Not that I'd eat canned anyway, fresh is so much better.

[hambubba]

Last week I opened three cans of green beans, to find that they were blackeyed peas. 3 out of 5 cans had the wrong labels. Who knows what else is going on!!!111!

I have to say, that is the smallest mouse I have ever seen (that was not a pinkie). Looking at the bowl of the spoon (the ones I have are just over 1.25" wide), and the size of the beans, very small critter.

And, while it is nasty, since the mouse was "thermally processed" ie-cooked, it should be safe to eat (not that I would want to). In other words, there are no real damages.