A Gold Coast woman has found a deadly surprise in her broccoli she bought from Woolworths on the weekend … a redback spider.
She bought the vegetable with the hidden poisonous spider from the Runaway Bay store and spotted the spider when she was washing the broccoli.
Thankfully, she wasn’t bitten.
Dee alerted the grocery store to the potential spider infestation through their Facebook page.
She wrote: “Hi team Woolworths. I just had a nasty surprise – a live redback spider in my broccoli purchased today at your Runaway Bay store.”
“I am lucky it did not bite me as I washed it. I plan to take in the critter (now frozen) and my receipt tomorrow. I thought I should mention it in case there is an infestation.”
A Woolworths spokesperson soon replied: “We’re very concerned about this, Dee, and take incidents like this very seriously.”
“Please let us know your phone number, and state, in a Private Message at (their message page) so that we can follow this up with you ASAP. Thanks.”
Dee has since been contacted by the head of Woolworths corporate affairs who informed her an investigation is underway.
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