An Angus mother has claimed her daughter was put at risk by a sweet with a stick through it bought from a Dundee supermarket.
Roseanne McDermott, 29, of Hunter Road in Arbroath, said her six-year-old daughter Isla found a splinter of wood like a cocktail stick through one of her sweets, which had been purchased from the Asda Milton superstore.
Isla was in the back of the car when she found the wood in a packet of Haribo Heart Throbs as they travelled back from visiting family in Glasgow.
Mum Roseanne said: “It’s pretty disgusting, I don’t understand how something like that could end up on the shelves of a shop.
“We were travelling back at night and the car was dark, so she couldn’t see the bag of sweets.
“She felt the stick and gave it to me, which was really lucky. She could easily have choked on it.”
A spokesman for Asda confirmed they were looking into the complaint. They said it is an issue with manufacturing rather than the Milton store.
A spokeswoman from Haribo UK also confirmed they were making contact with Roseanne, and would be looking to find out how the product became contaminated.
She said: “As the UK’s leading gums and jellies brand we pride ourselves on the quality of our products.
“We follow a very stringent manufacturing process which every sealed bag follows before being despatched.
“We take all customer complaints very seriously.
“We have been in contact with the customer directly and have asked that they return the product and packaging to us so we can conduct a thorough investigation.”
Roseanne confirmed she is waiting for responses from both Asda and Haribo UK after her initial inquiry.
She said: “I have contacted Asda and they replied quickly to my first email. They asked for a picture and the batch number in their reply. I haven’t had any response since then and there’s been no apology.”