Yesterday, 8 November 2024, a woman shared on social media that she uncovered a live dung beetle in her son’s breakfast, more specifically in the Bokomo Chocolate Pronutro 1kg bag, Cape {town} Etc reports. She took to TikTok to share the details of her experience.
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The woman claims to have found a brown lump in the product, after she had poured it into a bowl. Naturally, she scooped the lump out of the bowl and continued with her other tasks.
She then claimed that upon returning to the bowl, the lump had disappeared and she began looking for it. The ‘lump’ was found in the cereal and upon closer assessment, she realised that it was in fact a beetle and she proceeded to put the discovery into a zip lock bag.
The beetle then began moving and she ultimately she released that it was a dung beetle.
Upon this discovery, a pediatrician advised that her son be brought in for a check-up. Her son was checked for e.coli and had to be dewormed on a high dosage as the dung beetle had been living in the cereal since the middle of August, this year.
According to the woman, she called the responsible company yesterday morning, 8 November, once again and an operator asked her if she had received her replacement voucher.
In response she stated that she was not interested in the voucher and would prefer to know the outcome of the alleged forensic tests performed and what they intended to do about the rest of the batch which was likely affected and contaminated.
Following the phone call, she received an email from Pepsico pioneer foods, enquiring if she’d received the replacement voucher and further informing her that they’d ‘get back to her’ regarding her other query.
In response, the woman took to TikTok to share her story and ultimately concluded her post urging the company to provide her with a response.
‘Come on, get back to me, let me know what’s going on’ she pleaded.
@thecurvybutterfly Found DUNG BEETLE alive in my sons #bokomo #pronutro so if you have from this batch report it to #pioneerfoods customer service #foodsafety #fyp #SAMA28 ♬ original sound – The Curvy Butterfly • Fashion
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