None of these things has any place on a manufacturing floor. (For example, the ceramic shard in my tub of Breyer’s was probably an aging piece of wall tile that got power washed straight into a mixer.) But what’s the commonality between shrimp tails, string, and different string? Beats me. The foreign objects found in the cereal appear totally unrelated and don’t point towards a specific failure in the manufacturing process. I’m not a prude.īut if at first glance the Karp case seems unremarkable, a second look surfaces some.let’s say, irregularities. Two years ago I found a piece of ceramic tile in my Breyer’s ice cream. Foreign object contamination is common in industrial food processing. Now, to a Pro™ like me, this appears at first to be nothing new. On the other (unopened box), he noticed that the bottom of the bag had been re-sealed with clear tape and that it contained something stringy (he called it “floss”) along with a second knotty length of string. Any consumers who notice their cereal box or bag has been tampered with, such as the clear tape that was found in this case, should contact us.But there’s more: Karp’s family-sized box contained two bags of cereal. “We are waiting for the consumer to send us the package to investigate further. “While we are still investigating this matter, we can say with confidence that this did not occur at our facility,” Mike Siemienas, a representative for General Mills, wrote in an email to The Times.
He also discovered the second bag of cereal in the “two-pack” box had been taped at the bottom, leading him to believe the cereal was tampered with, The Times said. He didn’t feel sick but was worried he might.
Karp said he looked through the cereal bag again and found other stuff: “shrimp skins-looking things,” a piece of string, a sugar-encrusted pistachio, and little black objects on some of the cereal squares.įearing the black things were rat feces, he took them to a lab for analysis, The Times said. I wasn’t all that mad until you now tried to gaslight me?” Karp fired back on Twitter: “Ok, well after further investigation with my eyes, these are cinnamon coated SHRIMP TAILS, you weirdos. We assure you that there’s no possibility of cross contamination with shrimp.” Then the company issued a public statement on Twitter: “After further investigation with our team that closely examined the image, it appears to be an accumulation of the cinnamon sugar that sometimes can occur when ingredients aren’t thoroughly blended. General Mills replied to Karp on Twitter, saying, “We’re sorry for what you found! We would like to report this to our quality team and replace the box.”
Karp, a comedian, writer, and podcaster, says he contacted General Mills, the cereal maker, through a standardized submission form and posted a picture of his find on Twitter. Karp, who first tweeted about the disturbing finding, later told The New York Times, “I get really grossed out, and I’m medicated for OCD, so this is a total nightmare for me. Jensen Karp of Los Angeles says he was eating his favorite cereal when he found something that shouldn’t be there: A couple of sugar-encrusted shrimp tails. Now it’s becoming known for something besides its super sugary taste. Ma- Cinnamon Toast Crunch is a breakfast cereal beloved by thousands if not millions of children - and adults - since the mid-1980s.
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