Posted on 09/25/2024 9:15:07 PM PDT by Red Badger
Berkshire Reptile Rescue in England is caring for a toad found in a bag of salad from grocery store Waitrose. Photo courtesy of Berkshire Reptile Rescue/Facebook
Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A reptile rescue group in England is caring for a toad found in a bag of salad that was returned to a supermarket.
Berkshire Reptile Rescue said on social media that the toad was discovered in a bag of salad by a customer and returned to Waitrose in Bracknell.
Rescuer Graham Martin collected the reptile and is keeping it isolated for the time, as it is not yet clear whether it came from overseas.
"He is in a nice little box, he's got some soil and some leaves to hide in, he's got a little water bowl. I've chucked in some beetles for his dinner and he's loving life," Martin told the BBC. "I have no idea where he came from but he's happy where he is."
John Lewis Partnership, Waitrose's parent company, apologized to the customer in a statement.
"While our growers minimize pesticide use to promote sustainable farming and reduce harm to wildlife, there is a stringent sorting and washing process which should have removed this toad," the statement said. "Although this is a very rare occurrence, we are really sorry to the customer who found it."
In my 45 years of infectious diseases practice, I have been called on to analyze the bloody band-aid in the pizza, the needle in the Big Mac, the body fluids in the Dunkin’ Donuts coffee, and the dead mouse in almost anything. Have not seen the frog in the salad yet, but why not?
Almost all of these are quick hit shakedown attempts to get the food purveyor to pony up short money for the emotional distress. Once a restaurant or market defends itself, they usually go away because none of the complainants want to go under oath.
But, as I said - frog in the salad? Why not?
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