Mouse In Big Mac: Rodent Gets Stuck In Bag Of McDonald's Big Mac Buns (Mealbreakers)

Mealbreaker (n.): a nasty, non-edible surprise found in food while it is being eaten; often lawsuit-provoking, sometimes fabricated, always disgusting.

Karruim Demaio, a former McDonald's employee, shot a cell phone video of a mouse trapped in a bag of Big Mac buns at a Philadelphia McDonald's. In the video below, the frantic mouse tramples across many different buns. According to the Demaio, the manager ordered the employees to serve the buns, and has previously wiped off mouse droppings from buns and then served them. When Fox 29 asked the manager, she denied the claims.

"I was working there from October of 2010 to January of this year. There hasn't been a time when we couldn't go in the back and see mouse droppings on the bread," Demaio told Fox 29.

According to the Philadelphia Health Department, this particular McDonald's is not in satisfactory compliance with health standards; the owner is investigating the claims.

Video Shows Mouse In Bag Of Big Mac Rolls: MyFoxPHILLY.com

[Zagat via Consumerist]

Flip through the slideshow below for other recent Mealbreakers:

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• McFeather In McNugget

  In March 2012, a woman claims she found a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/20/mcnugget-has-feather_n_1367461.html?ref=food&ir=Food" target="_hplink">McFeather in her McNugget.</a>

• Animal Toe In Spinach Artichoke Dip

  Andrew Brodsky, 35, found an unidentified animal toe</a> in his container of Sabra Spinach & Artichoke dip.

• Coil In Fried Chicken

  In January 2012, fifty-year-old bus driver Lajzer Grynsztajn claims he <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/30/man-swallows-2-inch-coil_n_1242472.html?1330621038" target="_hplink">nearly choked to death</a> on such a coil after ordering two chicken breasts and fries from JFK Fried Chicken in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. <em>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrea_nguyen/6242324853/sizes/z/in/photostream/" target="_hplink">Flickr user: Andrea_Nguyen</a></em>

• Mouse In Big Mac Buns

  In January 2011, a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/17/mouse-in-big-mac_n_1210372.html?" target="_hplink">mouse got trapped in a bag of Big Mac buns</a> at a Philadelphia McDonald's.

• Whopper Spit Case

  A deputy sheriff alleges that someone spit in his Whopper...and the case has made it to the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/11/whopper-spit-case-edward-bylsma_n_1200044.html" target="_hplink">Supreme Court</a> as of January 2012.

• Semen In Yogurt

  A grocery store worker <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/06/semen-tainted-yogurt-anthony-garcia_n_998868.html" target="_hplink">pleaded guilty to handing out a semen-tainted yogurt sample</a> at an Albuquerque market.

• Fingertip In Applebee's Salad

  Louisiana woman Mary Deal Chambers-Johnson sued Applebee's for damages after she claimed a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/08/fingertip-applebees-salad_n_954530.html" target="_hplink">fingertip in her lunch salad</a> gave her post-traumatic stress disorder.

• Fly In Yogurt

  A Chinese woman found a fly in her yogurt in July 2011. When she asked for compensation, the manufacturer asked her <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/11/mealbreakers-yogurt-fly-autopsy_n_924617.html" target="_hplink">to prove that the fly had died before she opened the container -- by getting the insect autopsied</a>. (Flies can not be autopsied.)

• Bloody Bandaid In Pizza Hut Pizza

  An upstate New York man found <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/01/mealbreakers-bandaid-pizza-hut_n_915489.html#s319946&title=Disemboweled_Mouse_In" target="_hplink">a bloody bandaid in baked into the crust of his Pizza Hut pizza</a> in June of 2011. He sued after the company failed to address his concerns.

• Disemboweled Mouse In Packaged Salad

  A couple found <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/30/mealbreakers-mouse-salad-blt-blood_n_887882.html" target="_hplink">a disembowled mouse in their Dole packaged salad mix</a> in June 2011. They'd already started eating the salad by the time they found the mealbreaker; they promptly vomited.

• Human Blood On BLT & Fries

  Cancer survivor Susan Mosher was outraged after she found <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/30/mealbreakers-bloodied-blt_n_888559.html" target="_hplink">human blood on her BLT and fries</a> at a Cracker Barrel in Kingwood, TX, in late June of 2011.

• Caterpillar In Weight Watchers Cake

  A dieting woman found a <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2008450/Dieter-finds-live-caterpillar-Weight-Watchers-snack.html?ITO=1490" target="_hplink">live caterpillar crawling on a Weight Watchers-brand slice of packaged cake</a> in June 2011. She called it gross enough to put her off of cake forever.

• Razor Blade in Wal-Mart Ice Cream

  An East Texas woman found <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeBUII0VFKk" target="_hplink">a razor blade in a carton of Walmart ice cream</a> in February 2011. Considering the danger, she was surprisingly understanding. She told CBS, "I think it's just one of those random accidents that happen. When you make that much of a product and that many products, you're bound to have a machine break."

• Green Pill In Trail Mix

  A Salt Lake City teen was hospitalized after biting into <a href="http://www.abc4.com/content/news/taking_action/story/Salt-Lake-teen-finds-mysterious-capsule-inside/zQSjtTghzEW7b8yHORpxBQ.cspx" target="_hplink">a mysterious green pill in a bag of trail mix</a> she'd bought at Whole Foods in January 2011. The teen felt numbness and pain throughout her throat. Whole Foods recalled the product from stores around Utah.

• Condom In French Onion Soup

  A California man claimed to find <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534460,00.html" target="_hplink">a condom in his French onion soup</a> at a Clam Jumper restaurant, also in July 2009. The restaurant's PR firm said that they found no evidence of wrongdoing after conducting an investigation of the matter.

• Used Tampon In Steak

  In July 2009, a German tourist claimed to find <a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=6914735" target="_hplink">a used tampon in his steak</a> at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.

• Dead Mouse In Bread

  In 2009, a man from Bath, UK found <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/30/dead-mouse-found-in-bread-photo_n_745069.html" target="_hplink">a dead mouse in a loaf of bread</a>.

• Paperclips In Muffins

  At the height of the Beijing Olympics, reporters pounced on the Chinese food industry after <a href="http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/muffins-spur-beijing-scare/story-e6freoof-1111116061193" target="_hplink">athletes found paperclips in muffins served them at an official function</a>. The story's most surprising revelation may just be that Olympic athletes eat muffins.

• Live Bullet In Hot Dog

  No one said hot dogs promote longevity, but it's not like eating a frankfurter is as dangerous as someone sticking a gun in your face--unless your name is Olivia Chaines and you're eating it Costco. The then-31-year-old had <a href="http://www.clickorlando.com/news/3274884/detail.html" target="_hplink">swallowed a piece of a Hebrew National brand hotdog</a> in the shopping aisle of a Costco in May 2004 before she realized that it contained a piece of metal. X-rays revealed that the hot dog had contained a live bullet.

• Semen In Spicy Tuna Sushi Sauce

  A New York woman <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/05/mealbreakers-semen-sushi_n_919778.html#s323488&title=Bloody_Bandaid_In" target="_hplink">sued a sushi bar after she tasted semen in the sauce atop her spicy tuna</a> in June 2008; she says she still has samples frozen in her refrigerator.

• Rodent Tooth In Planter's Peanuts

  In 2006, a 52-year-old man from Illinois sued Kraft Foods for $55,000 to compensate for the physical and emotional distress he suffered after allegedly biting into <a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12843428/" target="_hplink">a "non-human animal tooth" in a container of Planter's Peanuts</a>.

• Gold Tooth In Mars Bar

  Finding <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2010/03/wonka-candy-launches-a-real-life-golden-ticket-contest/1" target="_hplink">a golden ticket in your candy bar</a> is great. But a gold tooth? Not so much. That's what happened to <a href="http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1694237.print/" target="_hplink">a 62-year-old British man in September of 2007</a>. He contacted Mars to try and receive compensation, but got no substantive response.

• Human Skin In Chicken Sandwich

  Kitchen accidents happen. Knives are sharp; sometimes a cook will slice off a piece of skin the course of an evening. It's understandable. Not understandable? Failing to clean up the product of an accident. That, apparently, is what happened at an Ohio Arby's in June 2007, when a man found <a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7634321/" target="_hplink">a piece of human skin sitting on the lettuce in his chicken sandwich</a>. The man sued, refusing a settlement that Arby's initially offered him.

• Mouse In Popeye's Fried Chicken

  A Baltimore man was eating <a href="http://www.wbaltv.com/r/2512486/detail.html" target="_hplink">fried chicken from Popeye's in September of 2003</a> when he discovered that the fast food store had inadvertently fried a mouse along with the chicken parts.

• Syringe In Burger King Burger

  In June of 2001, 22-year-old Angelina Cruz bit into a burger from Burger King--and <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2001/07/28/2001-07-28_fast-food_customer__i_bit_ne.html" target="_hplink">got pricked in the tongue by a syringe</a>. Citing HIV fears, she sued the chain for $9 million.

Comments

[UnusalTerry]

09:22 PM on 02/03/2012

I ate a Quater Pounder once from a Mcdonald's in New Jersey. I was fine before I ate it, but right after...I vomit it right up! NO TELLING WHAT THE HECK WAS IN THAT ONE! We need to stop waiting so long before we eat, then run to these restuarants to get something fast, because we JUST DON'T KNOW!!

[Walks702]

12:59 PM on 02/03/2012

He found a Big Mac.

[algonquin j calhoun]

11:12 AM on 02/03/2012

now we know what's in that special sauce...

[brendaboehman]

11:54 AM on 02/01/2012

I RETIRED FROM A MCDONALDS IN OWENSBORO AND I KNOW FOR A FACT,THAT MOUSE WAS IN THE BAG FROM THE SUPPLIER.THE BUNS ARE SHIPPED IN ALREADY BAGGED.WE WOULD NEVER USED A BUN THAT A MOUSE OR ANYTHING HAD TOUCHED.ALSO MCDONALDS HAS A EXTERMINATOR COME IN ONCE A MONTH TO PREVENT MICE,BUGS,ETC.

[Raffae]

10:23 AM on 02/01/2012

Years ago a guy who worked for me bought a McDonalds burger and found a mouse in it instead of the usual grey meat. He brought it back to the restaurant and the owner told him that it was a disgruntled employee who put the mouse in the bun. He gave my employee a couple Big Macs, some chicken wings and a few large cokes and that was enough to make him happy - Not the usual millions of dollars that everyone wants to get when something like this happens. I often wonder where the disgruntled employee found the dead mouse. We now call the restaurant "Mouse Donalds".

[Stacey Schley]

08:41 AM on 02/01/2012

Humans should be eating real whole natural food. If you want fast cheap food, you are going to get processed stuff that comes out of a factory. With that, comes the slight possibility you are going to get bugs, rodents, and other icky stuff. Best bet, make your own food at home.

[retro-dem]

08:06 AM on 02/01/2012

Why is Corporate HQ of Micky-D not all over this incident. These Franchises are basically renting the rights to use the McDonald's name and menu to make money . The franchise should be 'policed by Corporate and if failing in compliance, it should be transferred to a more responsible franchise owner/operator. As written this report makes all McDonald's look bad,,,and this is far from the truth; many other unreported satisfactory operations are in business! Bad news sells...it always has and always will!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FSMbaby]

10:40 PM on 01/31/2012

That rodent is probably less offensive than the hamburger patties.

[TheTruth76]

12:03 AM on 02/01/2012

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! Agreed!

[Dennyb220]

07:58 PM on 01/31/2012

It's not their bad food that kills you. It's the rats in the food!!

[Dusty 71]

02:39 PM on 01/31/2012

Just one more reason I do not eat FAST FOOD! I make my lunch everyday, and it is way cheaper as well.

[trowgotn]

12:58 PM on 01/31/2012

1997 I went to work for a family owned pizza resturant that opened a new location near my home, the first week it was open while preping dough, I noticed roaches on and in the machine. I stopped and went to the manager and co owner. They said a lot of the equipment had been in storage, showed no alarm, didn't even go to look. So I asked what they planned to do about the problem? They said they pest companyt would be coming in a few days. I said well 2 roaches are in the dough and I've just thrown it out. That made them mad, that asked if I knew how much that cost? I replied " Every person I plan on telling and I know everyone on this side of the county" ...they went out of business in under six months. To this day I only eat homecooked pizza.

[reathea]

12:57 PM on 01/31/2012

I am swearing off fast food!!! UGH!! At least when I make it at home, I know what I am getting and it's healthier for me anywho. How horribly disgusting.

[Vondrazy Priest]

10:58 AM on 01/31/2012

I didn't watch the clip because the thought of a mouse crawling around on food was too nasty for me

[Streamline]

06:49 PM on 01/24/2012

Oh people, if you only knew! First of all, humans have been in constant battle with vermin and insects invading our food sources and storage since the beginning of time. This is nothing new. We've come a long way in getting the upper hand but we can't win 'em all. What you SHOULD be worried about is the slovenly, filthy and un-hygenic habits of the people who prepare and handle your food! You really can't blame a mouse or a roach for trying to grab a few crumbs from our tables, but people have no excuse. A few years back there was a TV show of videos taken by hidden cameras in restaurant kitchens. Man oh man! Those videos revealed everything from a baker vomiting on the board where he was making bread to a bartender pissing in a beer before serving it to a customer! I couldn't eat in a restaurant for years aftewards. You just don't realize how much trust we put in people to do the right thing. But just take a look and the daily news and headlines. See how badly people behave themselves? What would make you think that they would treat your food any better than they treat each other? Get real.

[Steve Monk]

02:25 AM on 01/24/2012

if this is shocking you have a lot of terrible, terrible things to learn about the food you eat

[Streamline]

06:51 PM on 01/24/2012

Amen.