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Man finds bolt in pie

5:00pm Friday 5th September 2008

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A MAN has claimed he almost choked on a metal bolt he found in an Asda meat pie.

Zac Skidmore, 19, from Charminster in Bournemouth, said he bought a pack of four pies from the St Paul's store in August and half-way through eating one a piece lodged in his throat.

Friend Mark Hughes, 48, a carpenter, said: "I walloped him on his back a couple of times and he coughed and something fell out of his mouth and onto the plate.

"We thought it was a lump of gristle but it turned out to be a bolt.

"His face was going red and I thought he was choking."

Mr Skidmore said he took the bolt back to the store where shocked customer services staff sent the bolt and the pie for investigation.

But he later got a letter from Asda that only referred to "soft grey bits" in the pie.

He claims that when he phoned in anger, a customer service advisor said the bolt had been "thrown away".

Mr Skidmore said: "I would have liked some kind of compensation but most of all I would have liked them to acknowledge what had happened."

He said he is filing a county court claim for personal injury and negligence.

An Asda spokesman said: "We have sent the pie off to our technical team for a full investigation to determine what the foreign body is and how it got in there.

"We can't understand how it got there as we have vigorous metal detection processes but we will keep the customer fully informed of the findings."

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Ferret37, Bos Vegas says...
5:14pm Fri 5 Sep 08

A money is tight for some , Its sounds like where theres a blame theres a claim case !!

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John, Poole says...
5:26pm Fri 5 Sep 08

I hope there was a warning that 'this item may contain nuts' was on the packaging!

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amused, poole says...
5:54pm Fri 5 Sep 08

He must have been swallowing the pie in large portions not to notice a bolt, did he not cut it up first?

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AvidReader, Bournemouth says...
6:06pm Fri 5 Sep 08

There IS of course a slight possibility that the bolt in his neck came loose !

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Vikki27, Poole says...
6:14pm Fri 5 Sep 08

There's every possibility this is genuine..but seriously, how would you chew something sufficiently to swallow it and not notice a screw large enough to get stuck in your throat?? Clearly nobody taught him to chew his food!!

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freefall, Poole says...
6:31pm Fri 5 Sep 08

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MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.... makes you wonder!!

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freefall, Poole says...
6:32pm Fri 5 Sep 08

Mr Skidmore said: "I would have liked some kind of compensation but most of all I would have liked them to acknowledge what had happened."


MMMMMMMMMMMMM... makes you wonder!!!

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DingDonG, Wilds of Wiltshire says...
7:00pm Fri 5 Sep 08

With the price of scrap metal these days.........

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palexgo, earth says...
7:07pm Fri 5 Sep 08

Never complain to the vendor about contaminated food. They will always manage to mislay the evidence. This has happened to me twice over the years. A piece of bone in a sausage which cracked a tooth and something disgusting in a soup.

I learned that you should always complain via Trading Standards.

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kath_n_keith, Slades Farm says...
8:27pm Fri 5 Sep 08

All we can say is that, to us, ASDA are a nightmare. We have big issues with them at the present time though we have never seen a bolt or anything like in any food we have bought.

We can say though that their customer services are terrible

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2Much, New Forest says...
10:10am Sat 6 Sep 08

At least this guy had some idea what was in his meat pie...disgusting things!! URGHHH!

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laurie marsh, australia says...
12:07pm Sat 6 Sep 08

A trace element of minerals is a good thing to have in your pie!
This bloke got so much more and is still not happy!

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