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Glass Fragments Found In Swedish Vegetable Mix In Finland

Fragments of glass were found in Swedish packaged vegetables served at a family dinner in Lapua, Finland Friday evening. Sweden has been plagued for weeks by glass in a number of foodstuffs.

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Dinner was interrupted Friday evening for a family in the west-central town of Lapua when they discovered small fragments of glass in a dish of mixed vegetables.

Leena Hietamäki says that the glass was from a package of Findus mixed vegetables purchased the same day at a local supermarket.

She collected the slivers of glass, about three millimetres in length, and informed the supermarket which removed similar items from its shelves.

The package lists Sweden as the country of origin for the mix.

In Sweden hundreds of thousands of tons of foodstuffs have been withdrawn from the market since reports of glass fragments in chicken products began to emerge there on March 20th. Since then, glass fragments have been found in pre-packed foods, sausage, bread and even fruits.

A representative of Findus told YLE that the find seemed incredible and that the company is investigating.

The Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira is monitoring the situation.

Sources: YLE