Boy finds rusty blade in Woolworths bon-bon Christmas Day

  • Bobby McNeilage, 11,  discovered a rusty razor blade tucked inside his bon bon
  • He sat down to have lunch with his family in Sydney when he ripped it open 
  • The 11-year-old was stunned to see a razor blade with one end wrapped in tape
  • His mum said her concern was what could’ve happened if it had flown out

A Sydney family’s Christmas lunch went awry on Monday after an 11-year-old boy discovered a large, rusty razor blade tucked inside a bon bon.

Bobby McNeilage was sitting down to eat at his aunt’s Northmead home when he and his older brother ripped open a bon bon purchased from Woolworths.

But instead of finding typical contents like a cheesy joke and small figurine, Bobby was stunned to see a razor blade with one end wrapped in tape.

‘I pulled it out and I tipped it upside down to get it out onto the table,’ Bobby told the Sydney Morning Herald.

A Sydney family’s Christmas lunch went awry on Monday after an 11-year-old boy discovered a large, rusty razor blade tucked inside a bon bon (stock image)

When Bobby noticed it was a ‘knife thing’ he said he immediately told his parents.

The 11-year-old’s mother, Melissa McNeilage, told the publication she was horrified at the discovery but her biggest concern was what could have happened if the razor had been ejected and cut someone.

‘How many times when you pull the toy open does something come flying out? If it flew out it could have been heaps worse,’ she said.

‘If it got into the wrong hands of a little kid, something drastic could have happened. It looked like something from a prison.’

Ms McNeilage said her sister had purchased the bon bons at Woolworths’ store in Winston Hills.

Bobby McNeilage was sitting down to eat at his aunt's Northmead home when he and his older brother ripped open a bon bon purchased from Woolworths (stock image)

Bobby McNeilage was sitting down to eat at his aunt’s Northmead home when he and his older brother ripped open a bon bon purchased from Woolworths (stock image)

The six-pack of bon bons were made in China.

A Woolworths spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia: ‘Woolworths, together with our suppliers, have a responsibility to provide high quality products and services to our customers and we take this responsibility very seriously. We are investigating this incident as per our product safety incident protocol.

‘The customer has been contacted and has been provided with a refund in the form of a gift card that will be issued out to her.’

 



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