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A man claims he got more than he bargained for when he bit into a mini pepperoni pizza – and allegedly found a 1cm piece of plastic baked into the crust.<\/p>\n
Tom Higham, 48, at first thought the piece of black plastic was a bone when he dug into the small Chicago Town deep dish pepperoni pizza he had purchased from his local Farmfoods on Friday, April 28.<\/p>\n
He said: “I was working from home and decided to have an afternoon snack of a Chicago Town pizza, and I found this massive bit of plastic in it. I don’t want to be graphic, but I spat it out, and it looks like some part of a machine or something like that.”<\/p>\n
“I think people should be aware because these are sold all the time and could even be given to children. It could be quite dangerous because it’s over 1cm long – it’s quite a big piece.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t see it because it was actually baked inside the pizza. I bit into it and hurt my tooth; I thought it might have been a bone. I picked it out and wondered what it was.”<\/p>\n
Tom, a motor trader, made a complaint to Chicago Town following his alleged discovery of the mystery object, reports the Liverpool Echo.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the Dr Oetker Group, which owns Chicago Town in the UK, said: “We\u2019re most concerned to learn of this unfortunate discovery. Chicago Town prides itself on our safety controls – a series of quality checks throughout the various stages of the pizza-making process mean we\u2019re confident in our production.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019re unable to give a more definite answer without being given the opportunity to inspect the product, packaging and item in question and are talking with the customer to arrange this.”<\/p>\n
Tom said: “I’m not going to eat this again, no chance – not after that. If you gave it to your child, they might well have choked to death. I’m just glad I didn’t swallow it, because who knows what would have happened.”<\/p>\n