A mom was left horrified after discovering reside bugs wriggling in her Sainsbury’s risotto rice as she ready dinner for her household.
Nicola Jarvis, 49, from Margate, purchased the £2.40 field of Arborio Risotto Rice from a Sainsbury’s in Ramsgate earlier this month.
The mother-of-five was cooking a bacon and pea risotto when she noticed the bugs crawling round her frying pan.
She mentioned: ‘When I seemed on the dish I could not imagine my eyes.
‘It was crawling with bugs and made me really feel sick.’
What’s extra, the mom turned much more livid when she seen that the rice – which had a ‘finest earlier than’ of 26 July 2025 – was properly inside date.
Left with no different choice, Nicola determined to throw away her meal and order a takeaway kebab as a substitute.
Nicola added: ‘It simply jogged my memory of a Bushtucker Trial on I’m A Celebrity and I began to gag.
‘I needed to throw all the things in the bin.’
After ordering her takeaway, Nicola then acquired in contact with Sainsbury’s to complain – and needed to understand how bugs had made it into the rice field.
She continued: ‘All they mentioned was sorry they’d ruined my night and provided me a £5 voucher as compensation.
‘I did not desire a voucher, I needed a proof of how reside bugs acquired right into a sealed container in a grocery store.’
Blasting Sainsbury’s response, Nicola added: ‘People pay some huge cash for meals these days and wherever you purchase it from you anticipate it to be edible and never crawling with bugs.’
A Sainsbury’s spokesperson mentioned: ‘We are in contact with Nichola to apologise for this uncommon expertise.
‘We have processes in place to forestall this from taking place and we’re investigating this case with our provider.’
What’s extra, Nichola has additionally reported the incident to Thanet District Council Environmental Health.
A council spokesperson mentioned: ‘TDC’s Environmental Health crew has obtained a criticism from a member of the general public regarding contaminated rice.
‘Complaints are assessed based on key standards, together with threat to public well being and the variety of individuals doubtlessly in danger.
‘Council officers will examine the criticism, and if crucial, will go to the premises the place the product was purchased.’
Last August, one other British shopper was shocked after discovering an insect in the packaging for his or her natural broccoli.