Dead spider in loaf of bread among rising number of complaints made to Food Safety Authority

There were 4,996 complaints made to the FSAI in 2024, up from 4,395 the previous year.

That represents an increase of 13.7pc from 2023 to 2024, which the FSAI said reflects an overall upward trend over the past decade.

Unfit food – food that is not safe to eat or contaminated with a foreign object – was the most frequently reported complaint last year. A total of 1,597 complaints were made for unfit food.

Among the foreign objects commonly reported in food were plastic, insects and spiders, hairs, glass, metal and stones.

Notable complaints made to the FSAI included a large piece of rubber found in a protein bar, a dead spider in a loaf of brown bread and a piece of glass in a breast of chicken.

Other complaints included a pack of muesli containing maggots, a toothpick in a bag of chips, a metal pin found in a pack of prawns and a piece of plastic in a milkshake.

There were also complaints made over a snail found in a box of grapes, a live insect in a burrito bowl and a large piece…

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