Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Chef Boyardee and the rat in a can

An Ohio women says she opened up a can of Chef Boyardee spaghetti with meatballs and didn't find even one meatball.
"I opened it up and my face was very close to it and immediately you could tell there was a dead rodent on top, in fact you couldn't even see the spaghetti and meatballs at all," said Jennifer Aker.

Jennifer made contact with ConAgra, (the Chef Boyardee people) who asked for a photo of the can and it's contents.
But she better than that, Aker's nephew shot a video of the can and its contents and put it on YouTube.
You can watch the video below.
ConAgra, is sending someone to pick up the contents so they can conduct tests.
They also released the following statement in response to the rat in a can.
"We take all consumer inquires seriously, and when a consumer has a bad experience, we work with them to determine the source of the problem and correct it. We also work with them to make up for their experience as best as we are able."
Jennifer Aker said, "I'm not looking for money, I'm just looking to let people be aware of this.
It's just really gross."

Here's the video of the can its contents, shot by Jennifer's nephew Daniel: