Man discovers a SYRINGE floating in a tin of peaches he bought from Coles – and he’d been eating the fruit with his Weet-Bix every day for two weeks
- Perth man who found shocking discovery in his breakfast wants product recalled
- Dave McKell found syringe plunger in his half-eaten tin of Gold Reef peaches
- Coles apologised to the customer and will investigating with product supplier
A man has recalled his horror of finding a part of a syringe inside a half-eaten tin of peaches he’d purchased from Coles.
Dave McKell from Perth had been eating Gold Reef canned peaches from the same tin on top of his Weet-Bix every morning for the last two weeks before spotting the syringe plunger floating in the syrup.
He says his breakfast ritual has now been ruined by the disturbing discovery.
It has also sparked health fears from Mr McKell, who will undergo blood tests in the coming days to ensure he does not have any 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 told Nine News.
Dave McKell was shocked to find a syringe plunger in his half-eaten tin of canned peaches
‘I’m a bit turned off by peaches now. I might go pears.’
Mr McKell said he bought the 825gm tin from Coles Greenwood Village in Perth’s north weeks ago and returned to the store on Sunday to notify staff about the incident.
He’s now sharing his story to warn others as he called for a product recall to be enforced.
‘I’d like to see it get off the shelves for starters,’ he said.
‘They (the staff) wanted me to fill out an incident report and they wanted to take the can off me but I didn’t want them to take the can.’
Dave (pictured) had been eating peaches from the contaminated tin for the last two weeks
David McKell is now calling for a product recall of the popular product (pictured)
Coles says it has never until now had an incident with the supplier of the product, which is packed in South Africa using local ingredients.
The product is sold in Coles stores for $3.
‘We apologise to the customer for their experience,’ a Coles statement read.
‘We’re taking this matter very seriously and will be investigating with our supplier.’
Daily Mail Australia contacted Coles for further comment.
Coles at Greenwood Village in Perth’s north was notified of the contaminated tinned peaches
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