
Lab Tests Will Identify Alleged Contaminant Shrimp tails where shrimp tails should not be. Apparently, others on social media have eyes and saw the same thing as I did. No possibility? Those definitely look like shrimp to me. “We assure you that there’s no possibility of cross contamination with shrimp.” There wasn’t a question of where the shrimp may have made it into the package or that they will be looking into the matter, but an outright denial of the presence of the shrimp after “further investigation with out team that closely examined the image.” So it is somewhat understandable that the social media rep tasked with managing these responses did not immediately take blame.īut what they said in response is quite troubling. Sadly, sometimes people even stage these types of events for attention or hoping to make a quick buck from a settlement from a huge company, like General Mills (makers of Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal). It could have occurred during distribution or at the grocery store. It could have occurred at the manufacturing plant. Of course, there are so many different scenarios in which shrimp may be pictured among the cinnamon coated squares. “ Ummmm – why are there shrimp tails in my cereal? (This is not a bit)” – Jensen Karp 12:32 PM Īnyone with a set of eyes can clearly see that there are shrimp tails in this image. Shrimp, along with what appears to be rodent droppings and a piece of string were pictured in a string of tweets from the customer, Jensen Karp, that began with: One consumer was unpleasantly surprised to find such a contaminant in what, unfortunately, was NOT his first bowl of cereal from said package. Shrimp Found in Cereal Sparks Twitter Battle If you have followed any of the recent social media or news sources, I am sure you have heard of “Shrimp-Gate” scandal and ongoing saga. Want to hear about the Captain Crunch Shrimp debacle? Expectation and reality can be very different things. But at no point would you expect a crustacean in your breakfast cereal. Memories of the long dead Sea Monkeys I dutifully fed and monitored in elementary school come to mind. Unless you are feeding cereal to your pet shrimp. The two words, “cereal” and “shrimp” should never be in the same sentence. I’ll Have a Bowl of Captain Crunch, Hold the Shrimp
