Mum horrified after son’s friend finds ‘razor blade’ in chips

A mum was near horrified aft her son’s person discovered a ‘razor blade’ successful a container of chips bought connected a pier.

Ingrid Beeforth, 40, says the concerning find was made astatine The View Fish and Chips hut successful Herne Bay connected Saturday evening.

She had taken her lad Russell, 12, and his friends crabbing erstwhile 1 of them, Leo, bought a information to stock with the group.

‘They each dug successful and were enjoying the chips,’ she said. ‘After a infinitesimal oregon two, Leo said helium wanted immoderate ketchup but returned aft a infinitesimal oregon 2 empty-handed arsenic the ketchup was 60p a sachet.

‘He thought this was excessively expensive.

‘It soon turned retired to beryllium possibly a bully happening that helium ne'er got the ketchup arsenic conscionable 5 minutes later, Leo approached maine with a spot connected his fork and what I perceived to beryllium a razor leaf and said “look what was successful my chips”.

‘I was shocked and horrified astatine this find and the consequent thoughts of what could’ve happened had Leo oregon 1 of the different boys not seen the leaf and bitten into it.

‘It aboriginal occurred to maine that had the chips been covered successful ketchup, it would’ve been adjacent little apt that the leaf was spotted.’

Ms Beeforth, who comes from the town’s Greenhill area, says she instantly returned the chips to complain.

But she reports unit claimed the point was, successful fact, not a razor blade, but a portion of machinery utilized to portion chips.

‘When I approached the antagonistic a young miss who was serving came to the counter. I said “excuse me, my son’s person has conscionable recovered a razor leaf successful his chips”,’ Ms Beeforth said.

‘She took 1 look astatine the container of chips and replied ‘no, it’s not a razor blade, it has travel disconnected the instrumentality we usage to chopped the chips’.

‘She took the container from maine and threw it successful the bin on with the leftover chips.

‘She got £5 retired and said “I’ll springiness you doubly the wealth back, determination you go”.’

Ms Beeforth has vowed ne'er to instrumentality aft the children were near disappointed.

‘I was not blessed with their effect – I would’ve liked a sincere apology and for them to person acknowledged the terrible consequences that perchance could person been caused,’ she said.

‘It has decidedly enactment maine disconnected going backmost there.’

A View brag expressed they were ‘extremely sorry’ successful a connection to Ms Beeforth the pursuing day.

‘We had done our investigations and travel to a realisation of what has happened,’ says the text, seen by KentOnline.

‘I would truly similar to invitation you down to the pier to spell done everything with you, however we person resolved the root of the occupation and what steps we person enactment successful spot truthful it ne'er happens again.

‘We person been trading connected the pier for astir 10 years and person ne'er had thing similar this before.

‘I person informed the biology serviceman astatine (Canterbury City Council) and person besides contacted the shaper of the portion successful question for immoderate accusation connected however this could [have] happened without warning.’

A spokesperson for Canterbury City Council said: ‘We are alert of what was posted online and our biology wellness squad is investigating.’

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