How would you like to find a rat in your frozen vegetables?

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I would hate to find a rat in anything I purchased. That seems like the worst kind of surprise ever. Unfortunately, that’s what awaited one consumer in Korea upon opening a bag of frozen mixed vegetables.

The person contacted and filed a complaint with the Korean Food and Drug Administration after purchasing the frozen veggies from a Costco there. The Korean unit of the company acted quickly to recall all Willow Wind Organic Mixed Vegetables, which were imported from California. Of course Costco suspended sales of the product, as well.

The thought of a rat in anything that I’ve bought is not a pleasant one. I know that some things just happen, but I’d like to think that a rodent would be caught before it got into a product. I know we’ve seen a lot of product recalls lately, so don’t you thing that manufacturers would work a little harder to keep foreign objects out of their products? What do you think?

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