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Person Finds Shrimp Tails In His Cinnamon Crunch Cereal, The Company Says It’s Just ‘Sugar’, People React With Memes
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Person Finds Shrimp Tails In His Cinnamon Crunch Cereal, The Company Says It’s Just ‘Sugar’, People React With Memes

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Little things signal a nice start to the day. Not a terrible alarm sound is one. No urgent emails in your inbox is another. And a mouthful of Cinnamon Toast Crunch with a glass of almond milk is the last thing assuring you that no matter what, you’re going to be fine.

Except for the comedian Jensen Karp, for whom that mouthful, or rather the whole bowl, turned into a gross ordeal. Not only did he find shrimp tails, there was some dental floss and unidentifiable black things baked into the cereal bites.

Jensen tweeted his unwelcome surprise and it blew up all over Twitter, amassing 128.9K likes and counting. The General Mills company then responded to his tweets saying it must be an accumulation of cinnamon sugar and that cross-contamination with shrimp was not plausible.

Neither Jensen, nor Twitter was buying a single bit of it. Thanks to the power of the internet, these lost and found dehydrated pieces of crustacean shell coated in cinnamon and sugar were turned into hilarious reaction jokes and memes.

Jensen Karp, a comedian from L.A., spotted shrimp tails covered in cinnamon and sugar in his cereal and shared this pic on Twitter

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The LA-based writer-producer-podcaster Jensen Karp could have never imagined his breakfast would turn quite literally fishy after he poured himself Cinnamon Toast Crunch from a family pack from a local Costco.

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Jensen said that he had a whole bowl of it after realizing there was what appeared to be shrimp tails covered in cinnamon and sugar. But that wasn’t all. Lurking at the very bottom of the plastic bag were some more unwelcome surprises, like a piece of string, “weird cinnamon-covered pea thing,” and “black things.”

Another unopened bag of the same Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal Jensen had at home was then inspected by his wife. To their horror, it also contained an odd object which looked like dental floss.

Cinnamon Toast Crunch replied to Jensen saying the suspicious bits are due to the accumulation of the cinnamon sugar and that it can’t possibly be shrimp

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But Jensen investigated the bits further with his own eyes and was convinced they’re coated shrimp tails

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Jensen’s immediate reaction was that the unexpected findings had “something to do with me,” he told The Washington Post and swore that this wasn’t some Twitter prank. “Then when I looked back into the box and saw another one, I was like, ‘This is bonkers!’ I thought it was sort of funny. I kind of thought of it as Twitter fodder, or whatever, for a second.”

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But the comedian has been a life-long fan of the cereal and it surely hit him hard. Jensen contacted the company to find out what this was all about, but General Mills responded to Karp’s tweets saying it appeared to be an accumulation of cinnamon sugar.

The company has tweeted yet another response to the incident

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Meanwhile, Jensen was thoroughly convinced these were actual shrimp shells and he thought that the company was not taking the blame. After some frustration and messaging back and forth, Jensen has set out to get the possible shrimp tails and the whole batch of cereal tested in a lab.

But CTC has sent Jensen a private message and offered him General Mills vouchers in return for this whole experience

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Meanwhile, he returned to the cereal box that freaked him out and discovered even more gruesome findings

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This could have happened to any of us. So to find out an expert’s opinion on how dangerous the shrimp shells found in a box of cereal really are, Bored Panda reached out to TÜV SÜD, a leading international company that specializes in safety, security, and sustainability solutions through testing, certification, auditing, and advisory services.

Thorsten Steinhübel, the Managing Director at TÜV SÜD Food Safety Institute GmbH, said that first, “In general it is not good if food contains any kind of unintended ingredient or substance. Food has to be safe and consumers must rely on proper declaration of ingredients, especially people who must follow a special diet.”

However, this explicit case of Jasper finding possible shrimp shells in his cereal “is not only an unexpected or unwanted ingredient but it is an allergen, a substance that can cause heavy allergic reactions in sensitive people.”

Also, what’s up with these black things baked inside the bites?

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“A food allergy is the body’s own hypersensitivity to food. The body reacts to individual food components (mostly proteins) with symptoms that are typical for allergies. Often, even the smallest amounts of the allergen are enough to trigger the symptoms.”

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It turns out that “prawns are known to be the most common triggers of an allergic reaction to seafood,” said Thorsten Steinhübel and added that “the clinical spectrum ranges from generalized urticaria (predominantly) to gastrointestinal and respiratory symptoms to unspecific pruritus and oral allergy syndrome.”

And… cinnamon-covered pea thing?!

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Another Cinnamon Toast Crunch bag in Jensen’s home had what seemed to be dental floss

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This is not all. “In addition, cases of contact urticaria are known when processing raw shrimp. An occurrence of occupational bronchial asthma was also observed. Actually, shrimp allergies vary in each person, but in general the symptoms of shrimp allergies are characterized by:

  • Rashes, Itchy skin
  • Nausea, dizziness, headache
  • Swelling of the lips
  • Shortness of breath
  • Decrease in blood pressure
  • Vomit
  • Diarrhea.

Considering this, even the smallest cross-contamination can cause serious health problems for a certain group of consumers.”

While CNC has initiated the investigation into Jensen’s unwelcome surprises, the man wanted to keep one of the pieces of evidence so he won’t be made to look insane

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The Managing Director at TÜV SÜD Food Safety Institute explained further: “Imagine you are allergic to seafood and you are very careful regarding what you choose to eat and you’re used to reading ingredient lists carefully. I guess you would not—as most people do—expect seafood in cereals or not even traces.”

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This unexpectedness is exactly what makes cross-contamination so dangerous. “You’re not expecting the hazard. This is like an attack coming out of nowhere while you feel safe,” Thorsten Steinhübel concluded.

Thankfully, Jensen is feeling fine after eating a whole bowl of that cereal, but there has been no more news from General Mills

As you can imagine, people were utterly shocked by this whole shrimpy ‘affair’

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Bored Panda contacted General Mills for a comment. The spokesperson Mike Siemienas told us: “While we are still investigating this matter, we can say with confidence that this did not occur at our facility. We are waiting for the consumer to send us the package to investigate further. Any consumers who notice their cereal box or bag has been tampered with, such as the clear tape that was found in this case, should contact us.”

The Cinnamon Toast Crunch shrimp became a thing and the memes started pouring in

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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So about 8 years ago we opened a can of green beans and found a freaking rat (or mouse) skull!!

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Monday
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly that makes more sense than shrimp in cereal...but it is so much more disgusting.

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spirit wolf
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, I guess I know what i am doing today. I am sure we have atleast one box of this stuff sitting in the pantry. :'D

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RiverStyxJix
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ohhhhh... so THIS is what all the memes that I've been seeing are about.

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Bobert Robertson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The person with the jalapeno tempura shrimp missed a huge opportunity to say "coconut lime dropping sauce"

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KT
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once met a girl who was on the way to a hospital because she drank an entire can of coconut water and at the bottom was a dead rat/mouse badly rotted. I almost threw up after she showed me, poor girl :(

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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband opened a milos sweet tea from a convenience store. I think it was like 16 oz maybe. He took a drink, made a face and looked in it. It looked like a HUGE loogy had been spit in it. He almost puked.

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Rukkia
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just an FYI, this guy is married to Danielle Fishel. They have plenty of money. They are both famous in their own areas. He doesn't really have anything to gain from this except making people aware.

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Draco Malfoy
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, this would be terrible if someone were severely allergic to shrimp.

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Maria Rodriguez
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think that person who said rat made a nest somewhere is most likely correct. Those black marks on the cereal look like cooked in bugs.

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Scott
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Definitely. The tails and everything else was pulled out of garbage somewhere by a mouse or rat who brought it into their nest in a sack of ingredients.

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Spork420
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ha, these memes are great. The situation though is just nauseating.

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bryguy
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a little suspect that the 2nd bag of cereal in the box was all taped up. First off, how do you not notice that when you open the box and see both bags? Second, it likely happened outside of the factory if it was opened and tapped back up. Maybe it was a costco employee just wanted a lil snack...

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Aliquid A
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Agreed, the taped up bag makes it seem to me that this happened outside the factory, which could be Costco, maybe the delivery company, maybe all sorts of things.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Guys, I have new info... I talked to a friend of mine that knows Jensen (and a lot of ppl Jensen has interacted with) and apparently he is an asshole who is fine with seriously mistreating people and stealing artists’ ideas/work to pass off as his own. That means it much more likely he is making the whole thing up for attention. (I did believe him until I heard about how he is actually a bad dude. He used to be on a radio show I liked and seemed fine, so I am a bit bummed to learn that he is actually an asshole. On-air persona is obviously not the same as behind the scenes)

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Beans
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow if that's true they should sue. I don't know him but kudos on doing your research on him even though you were a fan. If he did lie that's awful. It seems legit but at the same time it seems fishy to me (no pun intended)

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Paul K. Johnson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seems to me that if there's dead animals and rat s**t in a box of food that a recall shouldn't be decided based on whether those things might be allergens. How about a recall because there's rat s**t and dead animals in your food?!?

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Maria Rodriguez
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

By law... Try not to puke... There is a certain amount of bugs feces. Bones hair debris ALLOWED to be in our foods. Ok yeah hard not to 🤮

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Okay here is my theory, Costco accepts returns, so someone had previously bought the cinnamon toast, and then they thought it would have been funny to tamper with it, and some shrimp, and droppings or whatever that it. Honestly, I think the fault is with Costco, because all Cinnamon toasts crunch does is make it in a factory, it is a machine, a machine won’t add shrimp.

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Gabby M
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree. It seems like someone may have bought the cereal and then returned it. I hope that is the case.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I definitely believe Jensen but I did wonder _how_ all this got into the bag, and the comment about a mouse/rat family making a home in a bag of flour and the string and shrimp tails and whatnot are their collection totally makes sense 🤮🤮. Also, it was very stupid that GM tried to gaslight him by claiming things that are clearly shrimp tails are not shrimp tails

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Okay, I still think the mouse idea is plausible, but I talked to a friend of mine that knows Jensen (and a lot of ppl Jensen has interacted with) and apparently he is an asshole who is fine with seriously mistreating people and stealing artists’ ideas/work to pass off as his own. That means it much more likely he is making the whole thing up for attention.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Like 7 years ago my mom was making scrambles eggs and when she cracked one there was a whole chicken embryo in there, freaked me and her out!

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LotusWolff
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

DONT EAT GENERAL MILLS! IT HAS PAINT REMOVER CHEMICALS IN IT IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE ME FELL FREE TO DOWNVOTE ME ALL YOU WANT BUT ITS TRUE

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Quinn Alexander
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do I need to get Upton Sinclair on the line? I think I need to get Upton Sinclair on the line...

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Kristine Phillips
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I almost ate ants one time. I was eating Golden Grahams and I noticed they were crawling all over the cereal and on my spoon. Took me a while before trying that cereal again.

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Id row
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish they'd go back to regular prizes in the cereal box.

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Jods
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So much better when we opened cereal packs and got little plastic toys instead!

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Paradise
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

None of these articles mention he is married to Danielle Fishel, aks TOPANGA. For those who don't know, she starred in the 90s show Boy Meets World, and the Disney reboot. Anyway-companies will do anything to reflect blame. And you send it off, they will toss it andsay "oh yeah, just as we thought, just sugar clumps!" And "internally" investigate. Bias. of course, they don't want the negative coverage, lawsuit, and loss of customers. He has nothing to gain - he is already well-off and his family is well-known, to lie. I always stay on the fence with any of these stories because it can be easily planted for attention, just as easily as the corporation having nasty factories. But he doesn't have cause to lie.

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SirPatTheCat
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly I kinda feel bad for the social media person who said it was sugar clumps...They probably didn't expect shrimp tails either...

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Leo Domitrix
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Suddenly so so so glad that we make our own granola and don't buy boxed cereal or used tinned goods or.... Yeah. Of course, this started in the 1990s when I opened an allegedly new jar of tomato paste and the whole top inch was a black swarm of fungi. *shudder* Is it a pain in the a*se to make my own? YES. Do I know there will be no rodent bits or seafood or random bits of whatever? Yes.

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Sam Kunz
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not buying it. It looks like pieces from a bag of Japanese snacks. This guy just wants came and clicks.

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Emilycookie
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Never eating the little cinnamon toast crunch boxes that i get with school lunches again.

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Jovita A
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, now it looks like this story is more than just this.. It appears that it might be just guy's attempt for attention... He is famous for making things up...

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Katinka Min
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The 'rat bbesting in the dry mix' explanation makes the most sense. let's face it: Gigantic factories that produce food will have vermin, no matter how hard they try. Seeing the rat poop that we occasionally eat is gross alarming, but I'm sure we've all eaten weird stuff in tiny amounts.

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Sarah Pryde
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

https://www.thewrap.com/cinnamon-toast-crunch-guy-jensen-karp-abuse-allegations/

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Sarah Pryde
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Soooooo finding out today on various social media outlets that this guy who found the shrimp, is not a very good person. as in, several ex-gf's needing severe therapy, verbal abuser kinda stuff.

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Deceased Nemo
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ya I am very glad that my mother was a health fanatic when I was younger therefor never buying big brand cereals like Cinnamon Toast Crunch and instead buying cereal from Trader Joe's like Joe's O's (Trader Joe's Cheerios)

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Magpie
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't you have some sort of official consumer protection and safety org. ?

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Gordon Freeman
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Something similar happened in Brazil, a man found a dead mice in a bottle of coke. But turn out that the guy put the rat inside the bottle.

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Sarah DeLuca
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm very hesitant to assume the cereal manufacturer had anything to do with this-It's not like "shrimp day" comes before "cereal making day" on the same machines. Much more likely to be during storage, transport, retail etc and any step could be purely accidental or potentially neglect. end user responsibility means don't use products with damaged packaging or security seals, signs of tampering, etc.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m allergic to shrimp. So yeah I would’ve totally freaked. And my mom bought a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch yesterday.. CRAP! Now I’m scared to eat it.

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Bill
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you knew what happened at food plants you wouldn't buy processed foods

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Anon Anon
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Years ago, I opened a can of soda, and found a severed thumb in it! Least the company gave me 7,000 dollars :D

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Megzymonsta
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh dear some threw their lunch trash in the wrong container. Cinnamon coated leftovers

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Celeste Grant
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That could kill me as I have an allergy to shellfish (amongst other things) that results in anaphylaxis. I am super careful what I eat but if it's a foreign body in a "safe" product I'd be screwed. Scary stuff!

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Izzy_
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Whaaaat??? **runs to check cinnamon toast crunch box**

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Full of Giggles
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“Cinnamon Toast f@&k” just became my new go-to expression.

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Kenny Kulbiski
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cinnamon crunch cereal with almond milk? Shrimp tails sounds like a big improvement.

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RedPanda
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not bad but I once found a sugary gummy bear in my smiley face gummies. It was weird, I thought they made a mistake or something- I'm not sure, it's happened to other people as well.

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Kane_The_Corathian
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is not the only time that happened to someone. My friend found a whole rat in her bag of meat. ._.

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Guido Pisano
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

DOesn't exist an authorithy to report to? In Italy we've USL or NAS when those things happens...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, there are places this can be reported to but I guess it made sense to at least ask the cereal company first. Otherwise we have the USDA and even the CDC takes these reports

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Aubrie Allen
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is no way that he got 2 boxes of weird stuff, but no one else has said they received a box of weird stuff. The odds are just astronomical!

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K Tigress
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Better to make your own food. But I never got that sort of thing in my Canadian made products. But then maybe some have I don't know?😬

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So this is why it's always on sale at the store. I have boxes of the stuff upstairs. Hope none come with shrimp tails. I'm Jewish, so that would make it so much worse.

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Kiss Army
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am allergic to shellfish, so it would be really bad... Luckily, in this case, since I am also allergic to cinnamon I would not have accidentally stumbled upon these!

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3 years ago

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EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! On the other hand it’s suger covered shrimp!

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Uhm, that's gross. But is it just me or does this guy come off as little bit of a douche? "are you GASLIGHTING MEEE!? Harrumph I say"! Jeez, come on Mr thin skin. If the factory doesn't produce shrimp (?) them saying it can't be shrimp isn't all that weird is it? This guy is trying to ride this all the way it seems. It could also just be a joke. Finding all that stuff in one pack seems a little much, but I guess it could happen.

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Nat Hedley
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're underestimating the seriousness of this. Contamination with shrimp could have literally killed this guy and the food company knows this. They should have taken this ultra-seriously immediately and the consumer is 100% right to call them on trying to gaslight him into letting the matter drop.

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What if this guy is playing a prank? Maybe he wants his 15 minutes of fame. This will probably be on Saturday night live

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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So about 8 years ago we opened a can of green beans and found a freaking rat (or mouse) skull!!

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Monday
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly that makes more sense than shrimp in cereal...but it is so much more disgusting.

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spirit wolf
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, I guess I know what i am doing today. I am sure we have atleast one box of this stuff sitting in the pantry. :'D

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RiverStyxJix
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ohhhhh... so THIS is what all the memes that I've been seeing are about.

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Bobert Robertson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The person with the jalapeno tempura shrimp missed a huge opportunity to say "coconut lime dropping sauce"

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KT
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once met a girl who was on the way to a hospital because she drank an entire can of coconut water and at the bottom was a dead rat/mouse badly rotted. I almost threw up after she showed me, poor girl :(

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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband opened a milos sweet tea from a convenience store. I think it was like 16 oz maybe. He took a drink, made a face and looked in it. It looked like a HUGE loogy had been spit in it. He almost puked.

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Rukkia
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just an FYI, this guy is married to Danielle Fishel. They have plenty of money. They are both famous in their own areas. He doesn't really have anything to gain from this except making people aware.

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Draco Malfoy
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, this would be terrible if someone were severely allergic to shrimp.

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Maria Rodriguez
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think that person who said rat made a nest somewhere is most likely correct. Those black marks on the cereal look like cooked in bugs.

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Scott
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Definitely. The tails and everything else was pulled out of garbage somewhere by a mouse or rat who brought it into their nest in a sack of ingredients.

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Spork420
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ha, these memes are great. The situation though is just nauseating.

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bryguy
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a little suspect that the 2nd bag of cereal in the box was all taped up. First off, how do you not notice that when you open the box and see both bags? Second, it likely happened outside of the factory if it was opened and tapped back up. Maybe it was a costco employee just wanted a lil snack...

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Aliquid A
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Agreed, the taped up bag makes it seem to me that this happened outside the factory, which could be Costco, maybe the delivery company, maybe all sorts of things.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Guys, I have new info... I talked to a friend of mine that knows Jensen (and a lot of ppl Jensen has interacted with) and apparently he is an asshole who is fine with seriously mistreating people and stealing artists’ ideas/work to pass off as his own. That means it much more likely he is making the whole thing up for attention. (I did believe him until I heard about how he is actually a bad dude. He used to be on a radio show I liked and seemed fine, so I am a bit bummed to learn that he is actually an asshole. On-air persona is obviously not the same as behind the scenes)

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Beans
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow if that's true they should sue. I don't know him but kudos on doing your research on him even though you were a fan. If he did lie that's awful. It seems legit but at the same time it seems fishy to me (no pun intended)

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Paul K. Johnson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seems to me that if there's dead animals and rat s**t in a box of food that a recall shouldn't be decided based on whether those things might be allergens. How about a recall because there's rat s**t and dead animals in your food?!?

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Maria Rodriguez
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

By law... Try not to puke... There is a certain amount of bugs feces. Bones hair debris ALLOWED to be in our foods. Ok yeah hard not to 🤮

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IDNOP008🥺
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Okay here is my theory, Costco accepts returns, so someone had previously bought the cinnamon toast, and then they thought it would have been funny to tamper with it, and some shrimp, and droppings or whatever that it. Honestly, I think the fault is with Costco, because all Cinnamon toasts crunch does is make it in a factory, it is a machine, a machine won’t add shrimp.

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Gabby M
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I agree. It seems like someone may have bought the cereal and then returned it. I hope that is the case.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I definitely believe Jensen but I did wonder _how_ all this got into the bag, and the comment about a mouse/rat family making a home in a bag of flour and the string and shrimp tails and whatnot are their collection totally makes sense 🤮🤮. Also, it was very stupid that GM tried to gaslight him by claiming things that are clearly shrimp tails are not shrimp tails

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person (i think)
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Okay, I still think the mouse idea is plausible, but I talked to a friend of mine that knows Jensen (and a lot of ppl Jensen has interacted with) and apparently he is an asshole who is fine with seriously mistreating people and stealing artists’ ideas/work to pass off as his own. That means it much more likely he is making the whole thing up for attention.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Like 7 years ago my mom was making scrambles eggs and when she cracked one there was a whole chicken embryo in there, freaked me and her out!

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LotusWolff
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

DONT EAT GENERAL MILLS! IT HAS PAINT REMOVER CHEMICALS IN IT IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE ME FELL FREE TO DOWNVOTE ME ALL YOU WANT BUT ITS TRUE

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Quinn Alexander
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do I need to get Upton Sinclair on the line? I think I need to get Upton Sinclair on the line...

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Kristine Phillips
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I almost ate ants one time. I was eating Golden Grahams and I noticed they were crawling all over the cereal and on my spoon. Took me a while before trying that cereal again.

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Id row
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish they'd go back to regular prizes in the cereal box.

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Jods
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So much better when we opened cereal packs and got little plastic toys instead!

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Paradise
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

None of these articles mention he is married to Danielle Fishel, aks TOPANGA. For those who don't know, she starred in the 90s show Boy Meets World, and the Disney reboot. Anyway-companies will do anything to reflect blame. And you send it off, they will toss it andsay "oh yeah, just as we thought, just sugar clumps!" And "internally" investigate. Bias. of course, they don't want the negative coverage, lawsuit, and loss of customers. He has nothing to gain - he is already well-off and his family is well-known, to lie. I always stay on the fence with any of these stories because it can be easily planted for attention, just as easily as the corporation having nasty factories. But he doesn't have cause to lie.

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SirPatTheCat
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly I kinda feel bad for the social media person who said it was sugar clumps...They probably didn't expect shrimp tails either...

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Leo Domitrix
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Suddenly so so so glad that we make our own granola and don't buy boxed cereal or used tinned goods or.... Yeah. Of course, this started in the 1990s when I opened an allegedly new jar of tomato paste and the whole top inch was a black swarm of fungi. *shudder* Is it a pain in the a*se to make my own? YES. Do I know there will be no rodent bits or seafood or random bits of whatever? Yes.

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Sam Kunz
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not buying it. It looks like pieces from a bag of Japanese snacks. This guy just wants came and clicks.

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Emilycookie
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Never eating the little cinnamon toast crunch boxes that i get with school lunches again.

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Jovita A
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, now it looks like this story is more than just this.. It appears that it might be just guy's attempt for attention... He is famous for making things up...

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Katinka Min
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The 'rat bbesting in the dry mix' explanation makes the most sense. let's face it: Gigantic factories that produce food will have vermin, no matter how hard they try. Seeing the rat poop that we occasionally eat is gross alarming, but I'm sure we've all eaten weird stuff in tiny amounts.

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Sarah Pryde
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

https://www.thewrap.com/cinnamon-toast-crunch-guy-jensen-karp-abuse-allegations/

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Sarah Pryde
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Soooooo finding out today on various social media outlets that this guy who found the shrimp, is not a very good person. as in, several ex-gf's needing severe therapy, verbal abuser kinda stuff.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ya I am very glad that my mother was a health fanatic when I was younger therefor never buying big brand cereals like Cinnamon Toast Crunch and instead buying cereal from Trader Joe's like Joe's O's (Trader Joe's Cheerios)

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Magpie
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't you have some sort of official consumer protection and safety org. ?

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Gordon Freeman
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Something similar happened in Brazil, a man found a dead mice in a bottle of coke. But turn out that the guy put the rat inside the bottle.

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Sarah DeLuca
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm very hesitant to assume the cereal manufacturer had anything to do with this-It's not like "shrimp day" comes before "cereal making day" on the same machines. Much more likely to be during storage, transport, retail etc and any step could be purely accidental or potentially neglect. end user responsibility means don't use products with damaged packaging or security seals, signs of tampering, etc.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m allergic to shrimp. So yeah I would’ve totally freaked. And my mom bought a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch yesterday.. CRAP! Now I’m scared to eat it.

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Bill
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you knew what happened at food plants you wouldn't buy processed foods

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Anon Anon
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Years ago, I opened a can of soda, and found a severed thumb in it! Least the company gave me 7,000 dollars :D

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Megzymonsta
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh dear some threw their lunch trash in the wrong container. Cinnamon coated leftovers

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Celeste Grant
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That could kill me as I have an allergy to shellfish (amongst other things) that results in anaphylaxis. I am super careful what I eat but if it's a foreign body in a "safe" product I'd be screwed. Scary stuff!

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Izzy_
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Whaaaat??? **runs to check cinnamon toast crunch box**

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Full of Giggles
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“Cinnamon Toast f@&k” just became my new go-to expression.

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Kenny Kulbiski
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cinnamon crunch cereal with almond milk? Shrimp tails sounds like a big improvement.

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RedPanda
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not bad but I once found a sugary gummy bear in my smiley face gummies. It was weird, I thought they made a mistake or something- I'm not sure, it's happened to other people as well.

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Kane_The_Corathian
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is not the only time that happened to someone. My friend found a whole rat in her bag of meat. ._.

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Guido Pisano
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

DOesn't exist an authorithy to report to? In Italy we've USL or NAS when those things happens...

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, there are places this can be reported to but I guess it made sense to at least ask the cereal company first. Otherwise we have the USDA and even the CDC takes these reports

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Aubrie Allen
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is no way that he got 2 boxes of weird stuff, but no one else has said they received a box of weird stuff. The odds are just astronomical!

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K Tigress
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Better to make your own food. But I never got that sort of thing in my Canadian made products. But then maybe some have I don't know?😬

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So this is why it's always on sale at the store. I have boxes of the stuff upstairs. Hope none come with shrimp tails. I'm Jewish, so that would make it so much worse.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am allergic to shellfish, so it would be really bad... Luckily, in this case, since I am also allergic to cinnamon I would not have accidentally stumbled upon these!

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EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! On the other hand it’s suger covered shrimp!

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Uhm, that's gross. But is it just me or does this guy come off as little bit of a douche? "are you GASLIGHTING MEEE!? Harrumph I say"! Jeez, come on Mr thin skin. If the factory doesn't produce shrimp (?) them saying it can't be shrimp isn't all that weird is it? This guy is trying to ride this all the way it seems. It could also just be a joke. Finding all that stuff in one pack seems a little much, but I guess it could happen.

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Nat Hedley
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're underestimating the seriousness of this. Contamination with shrimp could have literally killed this guy and the food company knows this. They should have taken this ultra-seriously immediately and the consumer is 100% right to call them on trying to gaslight him into letting the matter drop.

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What if this guy is playing a prank? Maybe he wants his 15 minutes of fame. This will probably be on Saturday night live

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