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‘Check your chicken’: Woolworths shopper claims she made a ‘disgusting’ find in her hot roast chook

If i hadn't of taken it out of the bag to warm up i may never have noticed it.’ - by Amy Sinclair
  • 07 Nov 2019

A Woolworths shopper has claimed she found a Band-Aid in her hot BBQ chicken. 

Sharing her story to the supermarket’s Facebook page, shopper Vanessa warned other customers to check their roast chooks before eating them - saying the ‘nude Band-Aid’ could’ve easily been missed. 

‘Check your chicken’: Woolworths shopper claims she made a ‘disgusting’ find in her hot roast chook

Says Vanessa: ‘Yesterday morning my husband went to Woolworths at Springbank Plaza in Burton and brought a cooked chicken. It went in the fridge and last night I went to warm it up in the oven to have for tea. 

‘As I was taking the chicken out of the bag I noticed a bandaid in the bag!! The bandaid was a nude colour, not blue like it should be. I took the chicken back and the staff and store manager were fantastic. I was compensated for this. 

‘Just wanted to make people aware to check your chicken before you eat it. If i hadn't of taken it out of the bag to warm up i may never have noticed it.’

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Image: Facebook

Other shoppers were quick to react to Vanessa’s post - which included a photo of her discovery - with one Facebook user saying: ‘Ewwwww that’s disgusting.’

It's understood that Woolworths team members may only wear blue detectable bandaids when preparing food and serving customers at the deli counter, with a Woolies spokesperson sconfirming that they have strict food handling procedures. 

'We’ve seen the customer report and will look into it with the store team,' the spokesperson said.

'We have strict food handling procedures in place for our team members when they prepare hot roast chickens in store.

'Our team members must wear disposable gloves and aprons and use tongs to transport chickens to and from the oven and into their tamper proof packaging.

'Roast chickens are also checked multiple times for any potential foreign objects during the preparation process before they’re cleared to go on display to our customers.'

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