Another finger lickin' experience

hooroo · Jul 23, 2005

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/07/23/inmate_sues_over_fingertip_in_frozen_food/

Inmate sues over fingertip in frozen food

July 23, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO --A California prison inmate has sued after finding a fingertip in his frozen dinner -- and this time the food company is not crying fraud.
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Pelican Bay State Prison inmate Felipe Rocha was eating dinner in March when he "chewed on a crunchy object" in his cornbread and discovered the fingertip, according to the lawsuit filed against GA Food Services Inc.

The Florida company wrote a letter of apology to the prison regarding the "foreign object" in the food, and acknowledged a worker "severed" the tip of a finger while cleaning machinery when the cornbread was produced last July.

"There's probably some substance to Mr. Rocha's claims," John Hale, chief operating officer of GA Food Services, told the Associated Press on Friday.

"We're red-faced about it. We're apologetic about it," he said.

Rocha's attorney said his client is a Buddhist -- and a vegetarian. Rocha, who is serving time on a drug conviction, lost 15 pounds in six days because he could not eat and is still in counseling, his lawyer said.

In March, a Las Vegas woman claimed she bit into a fingertip in a bowl of chili at a Wendy's restaurant in San Jose. Wendy's officials insisted the digit had been planted, and the woman was charged last month with conspiracy to commit fraud and grand theft
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He wants $75,000 in damages.
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Blatz · Jul 23, 2005

I want to know when the people at GA Food Services Inc knew about the missing finger tip and what made them think, oh well, it'll turn up sooner or later. Also how often dose something like this happen and the consumer just swallows it not realizing what it was?

RunninRaven · Jul 23, 2005

Blatz said:

Also how often dose something like this happen and the consumer just swallows it not realizing what it was?
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Oh God...I don't want to know.

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