Last week, people were horrified to learn of a mother’s shock – after she uncovered significant amounts of mould hidden in a ‘secret’ compartment in her children’s lunchboxes.
The New Zealand-based woman, Grace Bollen, posted photographs of the mould-filled containers on Facebook as a warning to other parents with similar lunchboxes, before receiving more than 1.5 thousand shares.
Since then, other mothers have revealed their tactics to help identify whether there is mould in their containers – without having to rip them open and ruin them.
Last week, people were horrified to learn of a mother’s shock – after she uncovered significant amounts of mould hidden in a ‘secret’ compartment in her children’s lunchboxes (pictured)
One such tactic to check for mould is the ‘torch tactic’, whereby you hold your container up to the light to see any mould (pictured)
One such tactic to check for mould is the ‘torch tactic’, shared on a parenting Facebook group.
‘Don’t smash your lunchboxes please guys,’ one woman posted.
‘Follow the care instructions. Hold it up to the light on a regular basis to put your mind at ease. Easy peasy [sic].’
When someone said this wouldn’t work for them as their lunchbox is dark blue in colour, another said there is a way around this:
‘If you shine a torch from behind you can see through the dark ones. I did this with my phone torch and could see through,’ she said.
While this works for lighter-coloured lunchboxes (pictured), others said you might have to shine a phone light on those that are darker coloured
In order to prevent yourself from ripping them open (pictured), one person recommended slipping a piece of clean white paper between the cracks and conducting a ‘sniff test’
If you want to try another tactic to find out whether your lunchbox has mould in it, one mother recommended getting a piece of paper.
‘Take a clean piece of white paper and slide it down the gap between the glued section and the outer case to see if it comes out dirty,’ she said.
She then said you can do a ‘sniff test’ with the piece of paper to see if it doesn’t smell right.
Grace Bollen was sending her r kids to school with homemade snacks every day until she made a grim discovery behind the glued-on lid of her household cases (pictured)
Last week, New Zealand mother Grace Bollen shared a shocking social media post revealing a significant body of ‘mould’ lurking beneath the factory sealed compartment of her children’s lunchboxes.
The mum was sending her kids to school with homemade snacks every day until she made a grim discovery behind the glued-on lid of her household cases.
Taking to Facebook, she expressed distress over her children eating lunch from mould-contaminated containers.
‘This is what I found – I am absolutely appalled,’ she wrote.
Sharing a series of three images to accompany the text, the dismayed mum expressed her disgust at the alarming volume of mould growing inches away from her kid’s daily lunches.
‘I feel awful that my children have been eating lunch out of these.
‘The lunchboxes have been hand washed each night and left open to dry,’ she added.
Taking to Facebook , she expressed distress over her children eating lunch from mould-contaminated containers, before receiving more than 1.5 thousand shares (pictured)
The worried woman said she had been using the blue lunchbox for roughly nine months while the yellow and green container had been used for about a year.
Sharing advice to other unsuspecting mothers, she urged shoppers never to buy ‘any lunchboxes that you can’t clean all the parts’ of.
According to the mother, the retailers of the lunchboxes are Stuck On You and Lunch Box Inc. who she said are ‘working to rectify the problem with manufacturers to make them water tight’.
Speaking to FEMAIL, the Director of LunchBox Inc. expressed his shock at the condition of the brand’s container.
‘It’s terrible that this has happened – it’s complete news to us, we had no idea this was happening before this lady contacted us.
‘We’ve made attempts to speak with the manufacturers because this is awful and we want to find a solution as quickly as possible.
‘We need to determine if this is just a bad batch or whether it’s a recurring fault in the production process.’
Since the original post, the company said they have also received a number of emails from other concerned customers.
‘We are also working with individual customers to rectify the problem on a personal basis.’
Daily Mail Australia also reached out to Stuck On You lunchbox provider for comment.