- Bunch of housemates ate from bag of grapes before finding dead mouse in bag
- The rotting rodent was found in the bag of white American Coles grapes
- The Melbourne group were given a $50 Coles voucher after the incident
A bunch of housemates were left with their stomachs churning after they discovered they had eaten from a bag with a dead mouse.
The rotting rodent was buried under the bunch of white Coles grapes unbeknown to the feasting friends.
Surrounding the dead mouse corpse were mouldy grapes, leaving shopper Ryan Souter feeling ill and disgusted, according to The Herald Sun.
A bunch of housemates in Melbourne were left with their stomachs churning after they discovered they had eaten from a bag with a dead mouse (pictured)
‘It is a health and safety issue and it is lucky no one was sick from this,’ he said.
The incident happened in September when Mr Souter bought the $8.12 bag of American grapes from a Coles supermarket in Croydon North, which they were refunded for.
While the dead mouse left the housemates unable to stomach the fruit, it was the treatment afterwards that also left them with a sour taste.
‘We preserved the grapes and they did an investigation … and they removed the grapes from the shelf,’ housemate Nikki McInerney told the publication.
The group were given a $50 Coles voucher which Ms McInerney described as a ‘slap in the face’ because of the trauma endured by the mouse which had ‘decomposed in the grape vines’.
A Coles spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia the supermarket takes the ‘quality of their products seriously’.
The bag of Coles grapes were mouldy after the mouse had reportedly rotted in the bag
‘We work hard to ensure what we offer in our stores [to] meet these standards,’ they said.
‘As soon as the customer contacted us in September last year, we immediately contacted our suppliers to investigate the matter and ensure our strict quality processes are always followed.’