Serious questions concerning food safety and hygiene standards in India have been raised by an incident similar to the one in which a doctor in Mumbai discovered a human finger in an ice cream cone. After that, a woman shared a terrifying video of a dead mouse found in a bottle of Hershey’s chocolate syrup that she ordered through Zepto. The user shared that her family had bought the syrup to go with brownie cakes using the Zepto app. According to Instagram user Prami Sridhar, three of her family members consumed the contaminated syrup, and one of them required medical attention as a result.
According to Sridhar, she attempted to file a complaint but received no answer. “We ordered Hershey’s chocolate syrup from Zepto to eat with brownie cakes. We started with pouring with cakes, caught small hair continuously, and decided to open. The opening was sealed and intact. We opened and poured in disposable glass, a thick and hard consistency of dead rat dropped down. By washing in running water for reconfirmation, it’s a dead rat (sic.),” Prami said in her post.
The video, shared on May 29, has gone viral, garnering over 5 million views.
Response of Hershey’s to this matter:
Responding to the video, Hershey’s wrote, ”Hi there, we are very sorry to see this. Please send us the UPC and manufacturing code from the bottle to consumercare@hersheys.com with the reference number 11082163 so one of our team members can assist you!”
