The key facts
- A metal object about 2.5 cm long was found in Zhemchuzhnoye ice cream made by the Kholod manufacturer
- The child had eaten part of the dessert, but the object was noticed before it was swallowed
- Earlier, suspicious particles were reported on candies from Pyaterochka in Dimitrovgrad
A discovery in ice cream
In the city of Georgievsk, Stavropol Krai, a three-year-old girl nearly swallowed a metal object that turned out to be inside ice cream she had been bought. Local resident Svetlana told Life.ru about it she said: according to her, she bought her daughter a Zhemchuzhnoye (Pearl) plombir ice cream made by the Kholod (Cold) manufacturer. The child had managed to eat a small part of the dessert before a metal object resembling a hook about 2.5 centimeters long was found inside. The discovery was noticed before the girl could swallow it.
A similar case earlier
Life.ru notes that this is not the first such incident: earlier the outlet reported that a resident of Dimitrovgrad in Ulyanovsk Oblast found suspicious particles resembling traces of insects on Knyazheskiye (Princely) loose candies bought at a Pyaterochka store. The publication does not report any reaction from the ice cream manufacturer or the retail chains, nor any inspections into either case.
