HAVRE, Mont. — Frito-Lay Inc. says it will investigate a Havre man's "unsubstantiated claim" that he found a deep-fried mouse in a bag of barbecue potato chips.
Jack Hines, a 66-year-old former laborer and contractor, said he was snacking on the chips Tuesday when he pulled out the crispy rodent.
"Good thing I seen it. I got it all the way up to my mouth," he said. "I felt the fur, I brought it back down and just looked at it and threw it behind my back."
Frito-Lay was sending a representative to retrieve the bag and the mouse this weekend. Both will be shipped to company headquarters in Plano, Texas, for an investigation.
Company spokesman Jared Dougherty said a photo of the mouse makes him "very skeptical" it entered the bag during the manufacturing process. He called the case an "unsubstantiated claim."
He said his experience shows that such "foreign objects" enter the bag after the product is out of their control. Dougherty added Hines had had the bag of chips for more than two weeks, and opened it about a week before discovering the mouse.
Frito-Lay spokeswoman Aurora Gonzalez said initial results could be available in just a few days. More MagazineLane.com
Jack Hines, a 66-year-old former laborer and contractor, said he was snacking on the chips Tuesday when he pulled out the crispy rodent.
"Good thing I seen it. I got it all the way up to my mouth," he said. "I felt the fur, I brought it back down and just looked at it and threw it behind my back."
Frito-Lay was sending a representative to retrieve the bag and the mouse this weekend. Both will be shipped to company headquarters in Plano, Texas, for an investigation.
Company spokesman Jared Dougherty said a photo of the mouse makes him "very skeptical" it entered the bag during the manufacturing process. He called the case an "unsubstantiated claim."
He said his experience shows that such "foreign objects" enter the bag after the product is out of their control. Dougherty added Hines had had the bag of chips for more than two weeks, and opened it about a week before discovering the mouse.
Frito-Lay spokeswoman Aurora Gonzalez said initial results could be available in just a few days. More MagazineLane.com
