Eeewww - Frog bones in Frozen Spinach

[Murpheeee]

A Wayne County couple has filed a $200,000 lawsuit claiming the frozen spinach they bought at a grocery store contained amphibian parts.

Tammy and Aaron McIntosh, of 6509 Salmon Creek Road, Williamson, filed the case against Boston Market Corp. and Heinz Frozen Food Co.

On May 17, 2001, Tammy McIntosh cooked the frozen creamed spinach purchased at a grocery store in Ontario, Wayne County. When she started eating the food she "bit down and noticed a horrible taste," according to papers filed in state Supreme Court in Wayne County this month.

She "realized she had bitten down on what appeared to be a bone," a lawyer wrote in court papers.

Later, the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Food Laboratory examined the product. The conclusion: The food contained "dark material that was identified as skin with a few soft pieces of bone material. Material appears to be from some type of amphibian, like a frog, lizard etc."

Tammy McIntosh was treated by a doctor on May 22, and May 31, 2001. Her list of complaints includes: nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, anxiety, insomnia, fear of contracting throat cancer, post-traumatic stress syndrome, embarrassment, emotional and psychological pain and suffering and the loss of enjoyment of life.

Tammy McIntosh declined to comment.

Michael Doherty, a spokesman for Heinz in Pittsburgh, said company officials had not seen the court papers and could not comment. He said Heinz licenses the Boston Market name.


EDIT: Linky

 

[Viper GTS]

Tammy McIntosh was treated by a doctor on May 22, and May 31, 2001. Her list of complaints includes: nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, anxiety, insomnia, fear of contracting throat cancer, post-traumatic stress syndrome, embarrassment, emotional and psychological pain and suffering and the loss of enjoyment of life.

If she gets this upset over a frog I bet her husband never gets head.

Viper GTS

 

[jlee]

Tammy McIntosh was treated by a doctor on May 22, and May 31, 2001. Her list of complaints includes: nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, anxiety, insomnia, fear of contracting throat cancer, post-traumatic stress syndrome, embarrassment, emotional and psychological pain and suffering and the loss of enjoyment of life.

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Yeah, right.

Loss of enjoyment of life...oh please. Can I sue Microsoft if Windows gives me headaches?

Some of that is legitimate....but "fear of contracting throat cancer" and "loss of enjoyment of life"?

 

[amnesiac]

fear of contracting throat cancer

Uhh...

the loss of enjoyment of life.

If this one thing made her life not worth living, you gotta wonder how she deals with stress on a day to day basis. :\

 

[Murpheeee]

Some of that is legitimate....but "fear of contracting throat cancer" and "loss of enjoyment of life"?

oh yeah, I can just hear her lawyer now........

 

[FoBoT]

the part is find disturbing is

frozen creamed spinach

who eats creamed spinich??
that is distgusting enough, a little frog can't really make creamed spinich worse, could it?

 

[Azraele]

Tammy McIntosh was treated by a doctor on May 22, and May 31, 2001. Her list of complaints includes: nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, anxiety, insomnia, fear of contracting throat cancer, post-traumatic stress syndrome, embarrassment, emotional and psychological pain and suffering and the loss of enjoyment of life

Geesh, I can understand that she'd be upset, but she's overreacting, and I'd say a large part of her complaints are neurologically induced or just plain hogwash.

 

[kranky]

Sure it wasn't something out of a Whizzo Chocolates box?

[Monty Python snippet]
Police Officer: Then we have number four, number four: Crunchy Frog.
Mr. Hilton: Yes.
PO: Am I right is thinking there's a real frog in here?
H: Yes a little one.
PO: What sort of frog?
H: A dead frog.
PO: Is it cooked?
H: No.
PO: A raw frog??
H: Oh, we use only the finest baby frogs. Dew-picked and flown in from Iraq. Cleansed in the finest quality spring water. Lightly killed, and sealed in a succulent swiss quintuple smooth treble milk chocolate envelope, and lovingly frosted with glucose.
PO: That's as may be, but it's still a frog!
H: What else?
PO: Well, don't you even take the bones out?
H: If we took the bones out, it wouldn't be crunchy, would it.
PO: We have to protect the public! People aren't going to think there's a real frog in chocolate. The Constable thought it was an almond whirl. They're bound to think it's some sort of mock frog.
H: (outraged) Mock frog?! We use no artificial additives or preservatives of any kind.
PO: Nevertheless, I advise you in future to replace the words "Crunchy Frog" with the legend "Crunchy Raw Unboned Real Dead Frog" if you want to avoid prosecution.

 

[virusag11]

LOL @ viper

These people just want money. If they were so damned concerned about what they ate they would make their own creamed spinach (bleck!). Further, if they are concerned with what is in their food they should only eat "organic" fruits and vegetables and not eat any meat, which is loaded with volumes of scary chemical substances and other "stuff," I will spare you all.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Murpheeee

Later, the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Food Laboratory examined the product. The conclusion: The food contained "dark material that was identified as skin with a few soft pieces of bone material. Material appears to be from some type of amphibian, like a frog, lizard etc."

How fvcking retarded is the New York Dept of Agriculture that they think a lizard is an amphibian?

Tammy McIntosh was treated by a doctor on May 22, and May 31, 2001. Her list of complaints includes: nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, anxiety, insomnia, fear of contracting throat cancer, post-traumatic stress syndrome, embarrassment, emotional and psychological pain and suffering and the loss of enjoyment of life.

What a stupid whining bitch. they should give her a $20 gift certificate for free spinach, and be done with it. Frogs, while possibly gross, DO NOT CAUSE DISEASES (it wasn't a south american poison dart frog or anything)

 

[SSP]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Tammy McIntosh was treated by a doctor on May 22, and May 31, 2001. Her list of complaints includes: nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, anxiety, insomnia, fear of contracting throat cancer, post-traumatic stress syndrome, embarrassment, emotional and psychological pain and suffering and the loss of enjoyment of life.

If she gets this upset over a frog I bet her husband never gets head.

Viper GTS

HAHAHAH!

What a crock of doggy poo. Oh well, at least they're not asking for a crazy amount like 2 Mil.

 

[crazyx26]

i believe that companies that produce canned, fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables are allowed to have a certain percentage of the food be insects and such so i figure frogs should be ok. i wonder if she would ever eat again if she knew that.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: crazyx26
i believe that companies that produce canned, fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables are allowed to have a certain percentage of the food be insects and such so i figure frogs should be ok. i wonder if she would ever eat again if she knew that.

This is quite true. Do people honestly believe that what they eat does not contain any other materials? A simple search on google for the right keywords will point out the different allowable limits of animal parts and such.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: minendo

This is quite true. Do people honestly believe that what they eat does not contain any other materials? A simple search on google for the right keywords will point out the different allowable limits of animal parts and such.

yes, and i double dog dare any of you city folks to go to a pumpkin canning plant, hehe 😛

you would never eat another pumpkin pie as long as you live , hehe

parts is parts 😀

 

[minendo]

Another intersting fact is that canned and frozen food products are allowed to have certain levels of bacteria in them. For the most part these products are "sterilized" through thermal processing, but notice the stress on sterilized. It is nearly impossible to kill of all microbials and prevent there growth, so they still remain in your products. Of course growth is slowed by freezing, but it is not halted.

 

[Maetryx]

What a crock of doggy poo. Oh well, at least they're not asking for a crazy amount like 2 Mil.

A crock of doggy poo!!!! That's worth like *4* million!

 

[Nefrodite]

anyone that believes eating frog gives u cancer deserves cr@p

 

[Nitemare]

I bet she shows up in court wearing a neck brace and a leg cast..I would not be surprised if she put the frog in there themselves.

Lizard as an amphibian? they probably mean't salamander as their skin would probably be more frog like in texture.

 

[Peetoeng]

The PI lawyers must work on pro-bono basis. If the potential pay-off from the litigation is small, the lawyer wouldn't take the suit pro-bono. If the lawyer wouldn't do pro-bono, the couple wouldn't file the suit if they have to pay retaining fee considering the gist of the suit. I think, that's why they came up with the $200k.

I ate frog legs when I was young. They only problem is that I sometimes crave for it; but, I can't get them here! Backward small town!

 

[Lucky]

I've told this story a couple times before but I'll tell it again. 🙂

When I was working an internship at a newspaper this lady came in with a can of asparagus that she'd bought from some generic grocery store (savealot or something). Anyways, she showed us this can of asparagus and on top of the asparagus there was a partially decomposed baby bird. :Q You could clearly distinguish what is was and everything, it was disgusting. I know she didnt do it herself because she was like an 80 year old woman, real nice, and she didnt even sue the grocery store or anything. she politely complained and got a handful of .50 cent coupons for her next purchase. And she was happy with that!!! :Q

 

[Azraele]

she politely complained and got a handful of .50 cent coupons for her next purchase. And she was happy with that!!!

I think they could have done a bit for her better than .50 cent coupons, but I'm glad that there's at least one soul in this world that's not sue happy.

 

[flot]

I agree that the lawsuit happy are a little out of control... but something like that COULD be a little traumatic. I remember I was in maybe the 2nd grade and got a carton of milk that had /something/ floating in it (I want to say it looked like tree bark?!) Anyway, 20 years later, I still look twice before drinking out of one of those things. As for getting fed a Frog - yes, I think I'd be pretty pissed.

Also, depends on how you look at it. Do those people deserve $200k because someone fed them a frog? Probably not. Does boston market deserve a $200k slap on the wrist for not noticing? Well, maybe...

 

[Ns1]

that's absurd


frog legs are very good too =)

 

[joohang]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Tammy McIntosh was treated by a doctor on May 22, and May 31, 2001. Her list of complaints includes: nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, anxiety, insomnia, fear of contracting throat cancer, post-traumatic stress syndrome, embarrassment, emotional and psychological pain and suffering and the loss of enjoyment of life.

If she gets this upset over a frog I bet her husband never gets head.

Viper GTS

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

ROTFLMAO 😀

 

[Vadatajs]

Originally posted by: Azraele

Tammy McIntosh was treated by a doctor on May 22, and May 31, 2001. Her list of complaints includes: nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, anxiety, insomnia, fear of contracting throat cancer, post-traumatic stress syndrome, embarrassment, emotional and psychological pain and suffering and the loss of enjoyment of life

Geesh, I can understand that she'd be upset, but she's overreacting, and I'd say a large part of her complaints are neurologically induced or just plain hogwash.

try greed
:disgust: