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Horrified family who found catheter in ice-cream to be tested for HIV

They gathered to celebrate a new baby when a sickening thing happened. - by that's life!
  • 20 Jul 2017
Horrified family who found catheter in ice-cream to be tested for HIV

An entire family have been told to be tested for HIV, and Hepatitis A, B, and C after they all shared a bucket of ice-cream which turned out to contain a piece of a catheter.

The family from Quebec had gathered to celebrate the arrival of a new baby, and were sharing the dessert when the new grandfather felt something in his mouth that wasn’t a nut, chocolate or piece of caramel.

Spitting it out it was discovered to be the tip of syringe that forms part of a catheter. Horrifyingly, it appeared to be darkened at the tip - but the family couldn’t tell if it was blood or caramel.

Horrified family member, Carole-Anne Christofferson, told Radio-Canada: ‘He put it in his mouth and found the tip of syringe.

‘He's the worst off, the most affected. He's not even able to speak about it.’

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CBC report that the family then contacted the health line who told the family to all get testing for blood-borne diseases HIV, and Hepatitis A, B and C. They would also need repeat tests done over the next six months.

The owner of Coaticook- who make the ice-cream - said an internal investigation is underway.

‘We have so many internal controls here and in food production in general that having something like that show up in a food item, it's not normal.’

The family say they will not rule out taking legal action.

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