TORONTO – Maple Leaf Foods is investigating after a piece of plastic was found inside a Schneiders hot dog in Mississauga.
Maureen Van Damme was cooking hot dogs and macaroni for her three children on Wednesday. When she began cutting the hot dogs for her children, she found a small piece of black plastic inside one of them.
“I was really surprised, shocked, grossed out and I realized that this was wrong,” she said in an interview Thursday.
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She immediately emailed photos of the plastic to her husband, Dan, who tried to contact Maple Leaf Foods. He ran into difficulty attaching the photos through their contact forms and instead decided to post on their Facebook page – where the post went viral.
“I was obviously very concerned for my kids,” he said.
Global News contacted Maple Leaf Foods on behalf of the Van Damme family and received this statement:
“We take quality and food safety extremely serious. We are investigating this complaint for accuracy and will make certain there are no affected products in the market. We encourage consumers to contact our Consumer Affairs hotline if they have any product concerns.”
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