A mom was left horrified after going out for a meal with her child, only to make a disturbing discovery in the food.
Tiffany Floyd took her four-year-old to the drive-thru Burger King in Getzville, New York on Friday afternoon.
But when the meal arrived she was surprised to see that it was covered in a 'red fluid'.
While the most obvious source of this at a fast food outlet would be tomato ketchup, Tiffany said that her daughter had specifically asked for no ketchup.
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When Tiffany saw what was actually covering the bag and the food she was left speechless and immediately told her daughter to spit out her food.
That's because the red fluid which was covering the bag and food looked an awful lot like blood.
Tiffany recalled the gut-wrenching incident to the New York Post.
She said: “All I heard was, ‘Mom, I don’t want ketchup,’ so I grabbed her bag, thinking that they messed up our order again, and I looked and there was just blood all over her hamburger, all over the wrapper.
"I looked inside the bag, there’s blood on her toys, everything."
The mom from Sanborn near Buffalo added: “So I instantly told her to spit out her food. She did have fries and a bit of her hamburger.
"And then I looked at my meal, and there was blood on mine too.”
When she went back to the restaurant and spoke to the manager she claimed that they confirmed it was likely to be blood.
Tiffany said that the manager 'did inform me that a cook had cut his hand and he was bleeding'.
She added: “And that he was so sorry, and if I came back, he would refund me.”
Tiffany then rushed to her daughter seen by a doctor as she had eaten some of the food before they spotted the problem.
She said that her daughter would have a wait of 30 days before she was able to see a paediatrician.
“And then get her blood work done every so often for a year to see if something comes up,” Tiffany added.
While the manager did say a cook had an injury, they didn't specify which employee.
Tiffany said: “If they just make him go and get tested, my daughter would not have to get pricked."
In an official statement about the incident, Burger King said: “We were deeply upset and concerned to learn of this incident. We have been in contact with the Guest and are working with her to resolve this incident.
"This incident was the result of a team member in the restaurant who injured his finger, and upon noticing immediately stepped away. We closed the restaurant to retrain all the team members and hired an external company to complete a deep cleaning.
“We expect the restaurant to re-open Monday and are fully paying team members for any lost shifts during this temporary shut down.”
UNILAD has reached out to Burger King for further comment.
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Kit Roberts