Syringe found in can of peaches from Perth Coles: Gold Reef
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Man discovers a SYRINGE floating in a can of peaches he bought from Coles – and he’s been eating the fruit every day for two weeks with his Weet-Bix
- Perth man who found shocking discovery in his breakfast wants product recall
- Dave McKell found the plunger of the syringe in his half-eaten can of Gold Reef peaches
- Coles apologized to customer and will investigate with product supplier
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A man recalls his horror when he found part of a syringe in a half-eaten can of peaches he bought from Coles.
Dave McKell of Perth had eaten Gold Reef canned peaches from the same can on his Weet-Bix every morning for the past two weeks before seeing the plunger of the syringe float in the syrup.
He says his breakfast ritual has now been ruined by the disturbing discovery.
It has also raised health concerns in Mr McKell, who will be undergoing blood tests in the coming days to make sure he does not have a serious illness.
“I saw the top of it and thought ‘what’s that white thing on the top’ and found the whole plunger sitting there,” he said. Nine news.
Dave McKell was shocked to find a syringe plunger in his half-eaten can of canned peaches
“I’m a little turned off by peaches now. I might go pears.’
Mr McKell said he bought the 825 gram can from Coles Greenwood Village in north Perth weeks ago and returned to the store on Sunday to inform staff of the incident.
He is now sharing his story to warn others as he called for a product recall.
“I’d like to see it come off the shelves to begin with,” he said.
“They (the staff) wanted me to fill out an incident report and they wanted to take the can from me, but I didn’t want them to take the can.”
Dave (pictured) had been eating peaches from the contaminated can for the past two weeks
David McKell is now calling for a product recall of the popular product (pictured)
Coles says he has never had an incident with the supplier of the product, which is packaged in South Africa with local ingredients.
The product is sold in Coles stores for $3.
“We apologize to the customer for their experience,” Coles said in a statement.
“We take this matter very seriously and will investigate with our supplier.”
Daily Mail Australia contacted Coles for further comment.
Coles in Greenwood Village in north Perth was notified of the contaminated canned peaches