According to reports, an Irish woman discovered a metal bolt in a ‘healthy option’ Tesco lasagne, but the company says it is unable to act until the woman comes forward.

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Ita Hogan from Douglas in Cork, told the Irish Daily Mirror that she broke her false teeth when she bit down on a piece of metal. “My husband was gob smacked when he saw what was in the meal. It was like a little bolt. Maybe half an inch long with a hole in the centre. It looked like it could have been attached to a machine of some sort,” she said.


However, Hogan has not, as yet, lodged a complaint with the supermarket chain. A spokesperson for Tesco told just-food: “Until she contacts customer services there is very little we can do.”


There has been a spate of similar complaints lately, with recent reports that mice were found in an Asda ready meal and a can of Campbell’s soup.

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