A six-year-old girl nearly choked on a chicken nugget from McDonald’s which her mother has claimed contained a blue surgical face mask.
Maddie was eating a Happy Meal her mother Laura Arber, 32, bought from the Aldershot, Hampshire, branch of the fast food giant on Tuesday.
She managed to get the chicken nugget out of her daughter’s mouth and said: “It was a mask, it was absolutely baked into it”.Ms Arber told the BBC: “I had to put my finger in her mouth to make her sick and it came up all speckled with blue.
McDonald’s said it is investigating. McDonald’s said food safety is of the “utmost importance to us” and said the company places great emphasis on quality control, following “rigorous standards to avoid any imperfections”.A spokesperson said:
“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.” (BBC News)