Finger Found In Wendy's Chili

KingCobra · #1 25th Mar 05, 11:41 PM

This will be an interesting story to follow. My guess is a supplier failed to report an injury at their plant, even though it is against the law. Happens all the time, I know!

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A woman said she bit into a partial finger served in a bowl of chili at a Wendy's restaurant, leading authorities to a fingerprint database Thursday to determine who lost the digit.

The incident Tuesday night at a San Jose, Calif., Wendy's restaurant left the unidentified customer ill and distraught, said Joy Alexiou, a spokeswoman for the Santa Clara County Health Department. Employees at the Wendy's were checked and the fingertip didn't come from any of them, officials said, adding that the well-cooked finger may have come from a food processing plant that supplies the company.

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http://www.modbee.com/24hour/weird/story/2259228p-10425502c.html

DopeWeasel · #2 26th Mar 05, 03:54 AM

I heard that after it had been reported on the local news in San Jose that a few reporters went to Wendy's to talk to some customers there. There were a couple people that were sitting there eating chilli. When asked if they had heard of the finger story they said that they did, but thought that the whole thing was just another "urban legend"... not this time

Dudelive · #3 26th Mar 05, 01:06 PM

First of all, I don't have a weak stomach but I still ain't going to eat NO chili from Wendy's for a LONG time, if ever again. If there was a finger found then what else could be in there also. That should make you tell the better half that we are eating at home tonight.

It would not be funny if the finger came from elsewhere other than Wendy's. Like from someone she knew and was willing to make lots of money. Remember the coffee at McDonalds? People are strange at times.

Thanks
Dudelive

KingCobra · #4 26th Mar 05, 01:38 PM

I worked at Green Giant for many years. We would receive tote bins of broccoli 2,500 lbs each from our Mexico plants and I seen many things in those totes. For example, gloves, pecies of wodden pallets, a shovel once and a chopped up rat. I'm happy to say that everytime these things were found, the tote was rejected and any finished product from that tote was also rejected and never made it to the consumer. With more and more companies paying other companies to outsource parts of their operation, quality suffers for the consumer BIG TIME and I believe we will find out this is what happened with the finger in the chili.

Nemesis · #5 16th Apr 05, 06:08 PM

A certain percentage of "non-food" parts (i.e., bugs) are allowed by health inspectors in all produce, cereals, etc...

However, I must admit that a finger would definitely surprise the heck out of me. This should have automatically been labelled a scam. I think anyone working at a plant who loses a finger would have stopped the machine and retrieved the finger to try to get it reattached....especially a woman (not to be sexist).

war59312 · #6 16th Apr 05, 10:08 PM

So is she going to sue? I would not be supprised in the least if she does.

KingCobra · #7 16th Apr 05, 11:28 PM

No, I understand she said she will not sue.

Although, if the story is true... I don't know why she wouldn't.

rikytik · #8 19th Apr 05, 12:14 AM

sue for the rest of the hand? Come on, get serious.

Leech · #9 19th Apr 05, 07:17 PM

yet another reason I will never eat at wendy's. I ate there one time, never went back. If I was the lady I would sue them.

As for usda regulatioins and such. Most of the things you find in foods is editble things. I work in a meat processing plant, they use edible everything - Grease, Oil, etc. There are also very strict rules as far as hygene and cleansyness. You can't touch anything with your bare hands. You must wear latex gloves at all times. They don't even allow us to touch cardboard boxes with our bare hands .. That is going to extremes, but with the way things are these days I can see why ...

KingCobra · #10 22nd Apr 05, 10:39 AM

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U.S. National - AP

Woman in Wendy's Finger Case Arrested

4 minutes ago
By CHRISTINA ALMEIDA, Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS - The woman who claimed she found a finger in her bowl of Wendy's chili last month has been arrested, the latest twist in a bizarre case about how the 1 1/2-inch finger tip ended up in a bowl of fast food.

As it turns out, Ayala has a litigious history. She has filed claims against several corporations, including a former employer and General Motors, though it is unclear from court records whether she received any money. She said she got $30,000 from El Pollo Loco after her 13-year-old daughter got sick at one of the chain's Las Vegas-area restaurants. El Pollo Loco officials say she did not get a dime.

Earlier Thursday, Wendy's International Inc. announced it had ended its internal investigation, saying it could find no credible link between the finger and the restaurant chain.

Sales have dropped at franchises in Northern California, forcing layoffs and reduced hours, the company said. Wendy's also has hired private investigators, set up a hot line for tips and offered a $100,000 reward for anyone who provides information leading to the finger's original owner.

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050422/ap_on_re_us/wendy_s_finger

Ok, she's arrested but it still don't say they found where the finger came from?