Aldi recalls 38,000 bags of frozen vegetables after customer finds half a RAT inside one

Aldi customers are being urged to return bags of frozen vegetables they have bought at Aldi after a customer found half a rat inside one.

Some 38,000 bags of Four Seasons Mixed Vegetables have been taken off the shelves, while the supermarket giant issued a recall for the bags.

Grandmother Pat Bateman said she felt “physically sick” after finding the mutilated rodent inside her bag of veggies while feeding her two-year-old granddaughter some lunch.

The 60-year-old told The Sun: “We had eaten almost all of the bag before we saw it – and what’s even worse – I fed it to my youngest granddaughter.

“It’s a wonder none of us ended up physically ill.”

Mrs Bateman returned the tainted bag to her local Aldi in Liskeard, Cornwall, where the manager offered her an apology and £30 off her next shop.

However, she felt her complaint was not taken seriously enough and Mrs Bateman has now been offered £500 in compensation after contacting head office.

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The Sun reports that an internal Aldi report detailed three complaints about “pieces of small rodent” being found in the frozen veg bag, that was removed from sale on 5 January.

Aldi said in a statement: “Following Mrs Bateman’s complaint, we removed this product from sale to prevent any further issues.

“We have suspended all orders from this production site whilst we investigate this matter.”