Half a lizard in can of baked beans
* Sandeep Sequeira got the shock of his life when he opened a can of beans and found a lizard in it.
* Image Credit: Sandeep Sequeira/Gulf News Reader
Dubai: Nothing can put you off your meal more than opening a can of beans and finding something staring back at you from inside the tin.
For Sandeep Sequeira that nightmare was all too true. He had bought a can of Kimball baked beans from a grocery store in Bur Dubai on Wednesday morning.
"When I got home I opened the can and I spotted something weird. So I took a spoon, placed the spoon under what was bothering me and lifted the spoon. It was half a lizard."
source:http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/health/man-shocked-to-find-half-a-liza...
"I was lucky enough that it was right on top of the can. I was going to eat half the can only. I can only imagine if it was [right] at the bottom of the can."
He adds that the can didn't seem damaged in any way.
Sequeira contacted the municipality and a food inspector was sent to investigate the matter.
"The inspector met with me and took the can and the lizard so that they can test it," Sequeira said.
"We have already pulled all Kimball baked bean cans with the same manufacture date and lot number as the one found to be contaminated," Ahmad Al Ali, head of the Food Inspection Section at Dubai Municipality, told Gulf News on Sunday.
"We were very surprised to see this kind of contamination in food products. It was fortunate that this was a contaminant that could be seen with the naked eye. However, such contaminants are very difficult to detect through port inspections," Al Ali said.
He said the municipality takes samples of imported food products to test before releasing the shipment.
"To detect something like this you'd have to open every can."
Al Ali went on to say that they have contacted the regional supplier of Kimball foods to explain how the lizard ended up in the can.
"We have also asked that we be supplied with a report of a full health and safety inspection of the Kimball factory in Malaysia, as well as evid-ence of improvement to ensure that there is no repeat of this kind of contamination."
Choithrams is the regional supplier for Kimball foods. Attempts by Gulf News to contact them went unanswered.
"I'm just letting people know about this. It's your job to tell your friends about this, because the other half of the lizard might be in their can," Sequeira said.
"The baked beans were cooked and canned in Malaysia, so the bottom half of the lizard might be anywhere in the world right now," he added.
The contaminated can was produced on January 13, 2010 and expires on July 13, 2011.
Tainted cans
If one comes across this batch of beans, please contact Dubai Municipality on 800900.
Taking precautions: House lizard ‘not toxic'
Eating food with a dead lizard is not poisonous and you do not die consuming such contaminated food, doctors said.
"Canned food is usually cooked in high temperature and will kill off any toxins," said Dr Lalit Uchil, specialist family physician at the Welcare Ambulatory Care Centre. "The stories you hear about people dying after eating food with a dead lizard is only anecdotal," he said. The lizard found in the can is apparently the common house lizard variety. While these are not poisonous, the live lizards are likely to carry certain bacteria which can cause salmonella, which results in vomiting, diarrhoea and stomach cramps. That is why it is necessary to wash hands when you touch a house lizard.
Were you compensated by the manufacturer?
there was one in burger king too
thts lyk non veg wid da lizard
Oh look, smoke's slimy ass decided to go for a swim! AHAHAHHAAH
Rizks in can.. :D
i prefer my lizard on pizza.
so which do prefer:
Lizard in can?
Dog in Can?
Camel in Can?
or Cayote in Can?
I videoed this cockroach having lunch at the (not so) NICE restaurant...
people eating there didnt seem to mind, so I didnt report it.
a cure for asthma.
shame.... was just peaking into the can and the next thing its sauced;-P
Yuckkkkk!
Stop barking Rizks.. You're so noisy..
You Morons....
this thread is about Lizards not any Edward or dogs.
Rizks? You're Edward?????? You, vampire dog!!!
can we go back to the yummy topic?
Choozy and rizkz is showing their Eduard-Bella alter ego again..
XD
yep it is indeed called bayawak
is tat so ?
Never tried to meet anyone tat time.
Lemme try and check it out....:)
Rizks, "the bald chuvaness"..
12 am is just the right time to visit someone..
12am ?
Will u be alive by that time ?
I mean will u be awake ? :)
rizks no no no... not evening,u can come at 12 am
lol visper :)
ok done Choozy !
so wat time should i come in the evening ? :)
rizks one day i teach u how to speak tagalog and u teach me also how to speak hindi....:))
Why did ask ask Rizks???? Now everybody know what is kadiri.. :))
rizks kadiri mean yummy ..lol:))
kadiri - disgusting
Kadiri ? Wats that ? :(
Choozy?? Kadiri?? hahahahaha..
dam last week we bought Kimball.. if I show this to my wife she will vomit immediately :-p
Speed glad i was able to accomplish that, my work here has been successful :P
eaw yucky so kadiri....
flipfloper - we call it Bayawak!
That's why i stick to WATER MELON! Processed food are not safe anymore now a days eh.
I love to eat sharks their more yummy!!
Better Rizks stay at home and play bones or else that "sunog baga" will make him "pulutan"... hahahahahaha
This one, sea turtle.. I tried sea turtle and it's yummy..
Even Snakes..
Now Im really wondering if I offer those "tambay lasinggeros" a fried Rizks XD
Ahh Yah, flip.. monitor lizards.. Also heard of farm rats and some bugs and worms..
They said, dog meat taste better than pork..
Yeah there are some regions in the Philippines that eats lizard, but not house lizard, we're talking about the monitor lizard( i think that's what its called)
even stray dogs,
So what is the risk of having a fried Rizkz in the menu XD
i haven't heard Filipinos eat lizard.. but dogs, they do.. :))
dog taste better than lizard.
How about for dogs?
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Yummy
Visper the nutrition fact is:
Lizards meat is very high in Proteins
The tongue meat is high in Calcium
The bone marrow of the Lizard boost ur immune system...:)
visper lizards do not eat feces unlike dog in the phils. lizard eats insects only.
Please gimme the Nutrition Fact of eating lizard mandi.. :)
hypocrites people, eating lizard is more nutritious and boosting your energy than eating a dog.
It is really yummy. I think better than anything but a fried Coyote
Yummy!!! "Upper Body"
Yum Yum!!! "Lower Body"
Yummiest!! "Tail"
Smoke did they find the other half? or maybe 3 parts?
I will find it more yucky if it's worm..
So what to do? I found lizard in my canned food.. I will just throw it away and open another can and find another lizard on it.. hahahahahaha
that lizard is camoflaged between the beans
YUK!
YUK!
YUK!
I M vomiting.................
voooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.........
i m on the floor............
I'm still looking for that meaty Coyote :)
Dont you like it.. Instant free Cooked Geeko inside.. and you have to find the half of it for collection....XD
ohhhh..... lizard!!!!!!!!!!!! yuck...
Did you start the cooking Flip??
rizks is not responding na.. hahahahahaha
I agree Visper.. Such a yummy Coyote indeed
i should have not opened this thread!!! yuuuuuuuuuccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!
Don't be scared Rizks, your sacrifice will feed hungry stomachs.. :))
Flipflop and i will be very glad to shoot u in the middle....:)
I even eat a Coyote, I'll be glad to serve Rizkz in Visper's Table XD
Eekkk Visper !! :(
Stay Away from me orelse i shall throw a Elephant on your face.
YUKKKKKK.... this makes me wanna be physically sick....
Sherqa so u stopped eating tat cockrach in the hotel and instead preferred to go out and pick a cockroach from the gutter and EAT ? :)
Yah Rizks, we make a delicious menu out of dogs..
Including Humans ? :(
U barbarians should be shot in between ur legs and later a hot Iron Rod should be inserted from behind...:(
Smoke 1st !
Anything Smoke.. Even Smoke XD
yes including humans :P Tandoori Rizks
I eat anything... as long as it's cooked :)
Everything that is cooked is food XD
nomerci, Balut is bigger than a lizard.. :))
That's a house lizard.. They eat mosquito, mosquito sucks human blood (with malaria, HIV/AIDS, filariasis, etc), human eat lizard in canned foods.. :)) FOOD CHAIN..
This statement: "Eating food with a dead lizard is not poisonous and you do not die consuming such contaminated food, doctors said." was printed to make people feel better about eating the dead lizard!!!
That's terrible..what a nightmare!Seriously no more Kimball products for me..totally unacceptable!
One man's poison is another man's food. Stop making such a fuss...sure it grossed me out but come on in some parts of the world everything is being eaten :P
Visper, so what? What is the difference of eating a little canned lizard to eating a chicken fetus? (Balut)
wow... Lacoste
:D
Yuuuuuummmmmmyyy!!
khalas i m not gonna buy KIMBALL products anymore
yucckk..
Maybe i ate the half of it.. :((
yyyyyyyyyyyyuuuuuuuuuuucccccccccccccccckkkkkkkk..... I may vomit after watching this pic...
WTH?????
YUCK ! YUCK! YUCK!
Poor Lizard !!
Might be hungry and wanted to eat Beans.
Have Mercy on that Lizard u wicked People.
nomerci, someone may have already devoured the other half , yuck yuck yuck....
smoke, I am a die hard non-veggie but lizard, I would better starve to death :-(
I too had faced a terrible incident in dubai..We went to a reputed restuarant and to our matter of surprise there were dead small cockroaches inside the MASALA of DOSA..Thank god, i found those weird creatures before gulping it inside my mouth..
Why? Are you mourning the lizard? Or are you upset not knowing where the other half may be?
yyyyyuuuuuuuuucccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
Come on Drmana there's a comment from another doctor there saying eating half a lizard is not harmful to health...have a lizard for lunch :D
ewwwwww! yuck! I just lost my appetite, .. thanks a lot smoke...
Yes exactly my thoughts..but i dont want to cry i want to PUKE!! NO more beans for me!
yucky........I hate canned food :-((
Why is this posted no near to the lunch time?
Ewwwwwwwwwww... I wanna cry!!!