Gold Coast schoolboy’s disgusting find in lunchtime snack

A TEEN boy who dipped his hand into a lunch box for a tasty school snack got something completely unexpected — and disgusting — instead.

THE father of a Gold Coast teenager says he was disgusted when his son discovered a dead fly trapped inside a sealed Le Snak pack.

John, who didn’t want his last name published, told news.com.au he purchased a box of Uncle Tobys Le Snak Tasty Value Pack 264G at Woolworths in Runaway Bay, Queensland, about a month ago. But it wasn’t until his 15-year-old son went to open one of the cheese and biscuit snacks at school a few days ago that he realised it came with an unwanted side of dead fly.

John said his son noticed the insect before opening the Le Snak and left it sealed before later contacting manufacturer, Nestle.

“He decided not to open it because he was concerned for his health,” John said.

“My son was in shock when he found a fly in his lunch at school and was very disappointed he had to go hungry.”

John said a Nestle spokesman asked him to send a photo of the item before requesting the snack to be posted to the company for inspection.

“[The person I spoke to] was not apologetic at all until I said how upset my son and I were,” he said.

“By the time we received their letter and return mail bag, we had thrown it in the bin as it took too long, and was just sitting around the house.”

Nestle spokeswoman Sally Strautins told news.com.au the company had been in touch with the customer to arrange collection of the product “to allow for a full investigation of this complaint with our factory”.

“We are not able to comment further until our investigation is complete,” Ms Strautins said.

“Quality and safety of our products is a non-negotiable priority for us.

“Please know that we take any complaint very seriously.

“We have pest management programs in all our factories and warehouses covering every step from receiving raw ingredients through to delivery of products to our customers.

“Complaints about insects are extremely rare.”

No, thank you.

In 2016, a Sydney woman uploaded a video on Facebook of what appeared to be a large huntsman spider trapped in her unopened Italian salad.

Zoe Perry posted the short clip, attracting more than 2.7 million views on the social media platform.

“Shopping as per usual for Italian Style Salad Mix ... get it home ... Mum goes to open the packet and we are greeted by ...” she wrote online.

“Is this what’s actually behind the “salmonella” callbacks? Kind Regards, An arachnophobic family.”

Zoe Perry filmed a massive spider inside a bag of Woolworths lettuce. Picture: Zoe Perry

Sydney woman Zoe Perry. Picture: Facebook

Woolworths promptly responded to Ms Perry’s public message.

“We’re very concerned about this Zoe, and take incidents like this very seriously. Please let us know your phone number and state in a Private Message at http://www.facebook.com/messages/woolworths so that we can follow this up with you ASAP. Thanks,” a Woolworths social media manager wrote.