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Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

erica.blog — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:36:29 EDT

Odds are the experience was much worse for the snake...

erica.blog

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

CyGuy — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 23:03:37 EDT

Unless you're talking about the invasive species of fish now being found in Mid-Atlantic waterways, snake head should be two words, and not one.

CyGuy

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

acceptablerisk — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 02:14:55 EDT

Am I in the minority when I say I don't think this is a big deal? Animal parts end up in all kinds of food. It's the consequence of mechanical sorting.

I'd probably call the manufacturer just to let them know, but I don't think I'd be that concerned about it.

acceptablerisk

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

gamble — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:03:08 EDT

@Charles Duffy: Wouldn't it make more sense to divise some kind of filter that will remove everything that goes through their line that's bigger than, say, a green bean? Also, extensive checking by a real person would do a lot of good. To just make things so snakeheads can't get through wouldn't fix the larger problem here. Otherwise, next time it will be a mouse's head. Or a cockroach. Or a fiddler crab. Perhaps even a hummingbird.

gamble

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

mopar_man — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:38:31 EDT

What are the chances this can was bought at Wal-Mart?

mopar_man

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

Charles Duffy — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:53:34 EDT

@gamble: Not really. After all, they've got a bug in their sorter that needs fixing. Can't very well test whether you've fixed a bug without being able to reproduce it. (Of course, a cast or mold should do just fine for that -- but they need the object to base it off of).

Charles Duffy

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

gamble — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:40:01 EDT

Doesn't anyone else think its a little weird that the company wants the snake head back?

gamble

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

adminslave — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:38:22 EDT

The last time I was in a Pathmark (in NY) the girl at the register had a large, gaping and only half bandaged arm wound. She was handling all the food with this pulsating forearm. Nothing good can come from Pathmark.

adminslave

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

Libelous1 — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:16:53 EDT

No big deal... the snake was in the plant only to eat the rats.

Libelous1

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

Schminteresting — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:16:22 EDT

@ChrisC1234:

I completely agree. This whole thing gives me a serious case of the heebie jeebies. *shudder*

Schminteresting

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

LowerHouseMember — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:13:32 EDT

The fact that he says he doesn't intend to sue restores my faith in humanity a little.

LowerHouseMember

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

sonichghog — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:13:06 EDT

I can see how this passed the quality control. The sensor probably saw that it was green, so it passed through.

Also the Snake head can be the size of a pea.

sonichghog

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

ChrisC1234 — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:07:46 EDT

What grosses me out about this is the fact that this guy is the one who found the actual snakehead in his green beans (and consequently, didn't actually eat the green beans), so I consider him the lucky one. How many other consumers had cans of green beans that were cooked WITH the snakehead (and possibly other snake parts too), and ate everything without ever knowing what they were eating

ChrisC1234

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

Amsterdaam — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:05:27 EDT

@faust1200:

Faust FTW!

Amsterdaam

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

Skiffer — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:59:57 EDT

@reeg2: Stuff does make it through, no quality control is 100%...

Skiffer

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

reeg2 — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:54:28 EDT

the probability of this being true is virtually nill. if this companies quality controls and ccp's are so lax, they'd already have eaten shit from the usda/fda.

reeg2

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

partyone — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:54:00 EDT

Personally i'd rather have snakeheads than the RIAA. At least the snakheads are honest about what they are.

partyone

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

Starfury — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:53:35 EDT

Tastes like chicken!

Starfury

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

Arlahna — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:52:07 EDT

What I want to know is, why didn't he notice it when he put it in a pot to cook? Something that big really should've been obvious.

Arlahna

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

faust1200 — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:52:04 EDT

I never pass up this opportunity so I apologize in advance: I'm tired of these motherfuckin snakeheads in my motherfuckin beans!

faust1200

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

partyone — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:48:35 EDT

Snake heads snake heads, rolly polly snake heads, snake heads snake heads eat 'em up Uhhhhhhhhmmmmmm Not...... No more Fake Chinese imported via Zimbabwean canned in a tainted dog food factory green beans.

partyone

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

Skiffer — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:46:39 EDT

Way to post this right before lunch...Thanks Meghann

Skiffer

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

dbeahn — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:40:11 EDT

Well that was enough to make me spit out my beef jerky....

dbeahn

Snakehead Found In Can Of Green Beans

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:37:47 EDT

Ewww, canned green beans.