Afrigather Manufacturing at a Sasko plant has been suspended after a rodent, reported to be a rat, was present in a loaf of bread bought by a KwaZulu-Natal shopper.
As reported by The South African web site, Nombulelo Mkumla posted a video on social media of the incident.
Sasko got here underneath fireplace
Sasko – which falls underneath Pioneer Meals – got here underneath fireplace over the clip, which has gone viral on social media.
In her Fb submit, Mkumla said that she returned the bread to the shop the place she bought it, acquired a full refund, and was instructed to file a grievance with the provider.
After contacting the provider, she mentioned she acquired a cellphone name from an individual who assured her that consuming the bread with the rat wouldn’t hurt her well being.
She described the expertise as ‘traumatic and unsightly’.
Investigation underneath approach
It stays unclear how the rat got here to be discovered inside the loaf of Sasko Low GI Seeded Entire Wheat brown bread.
Sasko informed Eyewitness Information that after studying about Mkumla’s incident, an investigation was promptly begun, with third-party service suppliers contacted.
Regardless of this being ‘an excessive and remoted, but extraordinarily regrettable scenario,’ Sasko mentioned it could stop bread manufacturing on the manufacturing facility in situation till investigations have been accomplished.
‘We have been shocked and devastated when a KZN shopper, knowledgeable us that she discovered a rodent in her loaf of Sasko bread. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience or discomfort that this incident brought on Ms Nombulelo Mkumla in addition to any of our different loyal customers,’ Sasko mentioned in a press release.
