Mum’s fury after ‘choking on shard of GLASS found in Asda breakfast cereal’

A FURIOUS mum is calling on Asda to take some of its breakfast cereals off the shelves after claiming she choked on a piece of GLASS from one of the store's range.

Michelle Elliott, 37, says she was tucking into a bowl of store-brand Coco Wheelies when she suddenly started struggling to breathe.

After a terrifying two minutes the mum-of-three alleges she managed to cough up a 3cm-long chunk of glass which she says was covered in blood.

Michelle says the drama unfolded as she sat down for breakfast at her home in Aspley, Nottingham, at 9am on Wednesday.

She also claims she found another shard of glass in a packet of 75p Choco Snaps which she bought with the Coco Wheelies from Asda in Strelley, Nottingham.

Michelle said: "I started choking on something sharp and panicked. After a couple of minutes I coughed it up and saw it was glass, and it had blood on it."

Michelle threw the original piece of glass away, which was smaller than the pieces of cereal and went unnoticed in the box.

She claimed she then went to open a new box of cereal - Asda's 75p Choco Snaps - and found ANOTHER piece of glass in that box.

Michelle, who has an 18-year-old daughter, added: "I did not think there would be pieces in two completely different boxes.

"I was at home on my own - my husband was out and my kids were at school, so who knows what could have happened.

"I am really worried about other families who buy this cereal, as children could potentially eat it and choke on the glass like I did."

She insists the supermarket giant should now launch an investigation into the incident.

Michelle and husband Lee, 40, claim they found five small pieces of glass in total in the two boxes.

He added: "We have been shopping at Asda for a really long time, but we won't be shopping there anymore. This experience has really scared my wife.

"When she called me to tell me what had happened, I rushed home right away,We started looking through the boxes and found five pieces of glass in total.

"One piece was just lying on the top when we opened the packet. It's completely unacceptable.

"We have bought both Choco Wheelies and Choco Snaps for a while. The whole family eats it.

We take all customer complaints of this nature very seriously and are eager to launch an investigation to explore the concerns raised as quickly as possible

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"The doctors told my wife there was nothing they could do and to let the pain pass.

"We are not trying to get our five minutes of fame. We need to make people who buy this cereal aware."

Last night the supermarket chain said they would look into the alleged incident.

An Asda spokesperson said: “We take all customer complaints of this nature very seriously and are eager to launch an investigation to explore the concerns raised as quickly as possible.

"We have approached Mr Elliott to ask for the product to be returned to store, but would reassure our customers that we have had no other similar complaints in relation to these two products.”

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