Wisconsin family finds live frog in store-bought salad

UPI ^ | Aug. 19, 2019 / 10:56 AM | By Ben Hooper

[Red Badger]

Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A Wisconsin family said they were shocked to discover a live frog inside the salad they bought from a local supermarket.

Karlie Allen said her family bought the plastic container of Simple Truth Organic lettuce salad at the Pick 'n Save store in Glendale and didn't discover until inside their home that the container also housed a live frog.

Allen said her family planned to return the salad with the frog intact the next morning, but they discovered the amphibian escaped the container overnight and was perched on an outlet by the kitchen counter.

The Allens decided to put the frog outside and returned the lettuce for a refund.

Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc., Pick 'n Save's parent company, explained the situation in a statement provided to WTMJ-TV.

"These situations happen from time to time when organic products are involved. USDA Certified Organic items must be free of synthetic additives and certain pesticides," the statement said.

"Although rare, from time-to-time we do see insects and other small animals such as frogs make it through packaging with fresh produce items. In this instance, the customer returned the organic lettuce for an even exchange."

[Red Badger]

Well, it was 'organic'...............

[jz638]

Better than finding half of a dead one...

[job]

Its because they bought “frog salad” what did they expect?

[Cboldt]

Toadstools are organic too ...

[kaehurowing]

I won’t buy produce from Walmart because I’ve seen bugs crawling around inside their packaged greens. Actually I try to stay away from Walmart entirely, but that was one of the worst experiences.

[PGR88]

A biologist friend told me if you hear frogs croaking at night, its a sign of a healthy local ecosystem.

I hope they appreciate it.

[Red Badger]

What do you put on a ‘Frog Salad’?........

FRENCH DRESSING......................

[Rio]

I like frogs. They seem to have life figured out.

[MomwithHope]

ping - what’s goin’ on over there?

[TigersEye]

A protein bonus! :)

[Pollster1]

Why is this even a story? I’ve found all sorts of things in fresh vegetables (including a hefty black rat snake while still in the store that I pointed out to the produce manager). It’s not news, just a casual event that you deal with and move on.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

When I managed a Garden Center, we had all manner of small amphibians making it from Florida to Wisconsin via houseplants and tropical plants I would order.

They were pretty cute, and none poisonous, thank goodness!

At least it was just a frog and not one of those big-@zz SPIDERS you sometimes get with a bunch of bananas!

[ptsal]

Trust me when the food safety auditors trace this back to the field and harvest crew, the next response will be a radical removal/extermination of all living things in the ditch and fence row near the field.

How above flicking the frog out into the garden and re-washing the veggies.

Everyone is a victim these days. /sad

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Praline: Next we have number four, 'crunchy frog'.

Milton: Ah, yes.

Praline: Am I right in thinking there's a real frog in here?

Milton: Yes. A little one.

Praline: What sort of frog?

Milton: A dead frog.

Praline: Is it cooked?

Milton: No.

Praline: What, a raw frog?

(Superintendent Parrot looks increasingly queasy.)

Milton: We use only the finest baby frogs, dew picked and flown from Iraq, cleansed in finest quality spring water, lightly killed, and then sealed in a succulent Swiss quintuple smooth treble cream milk chocolate envelope and lovingly frosted with glucose.

[EinNYC]

There was a big spider crawling over the bin of nectarines I’d just picked a couple out of last week. I didn’t pick out any more...

[szweig]

Most places you’ll pay extra for the frog. I hope they were thankful!

[Red Badger]

There was a lady here that was bit by a Pygmy Rattlesnake in the potted plats at the local Walmart years ago.................

[setter]

One of my clients has a co making prepackaged salads for several large restaurant fast food chains.

If you saw the people working there you would never eat a salad again from those chains.

Basically homeless folks or one step above homeless who walk to the local temp agency where they get on the company bus who takes them to the plant because non have drivers license or they are addicts. People with facial tats work there etc

I pretty much stopped cold eating fast food after seeing these workers.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Just your average day in ‘Sconny! :)

[SaveFerris]

It’s Crunchy Frog Surprise Salad!

Wait until you find out about their candy sampler box....