A New York mother was horrified when she discovered blood splattered in her daughter's Burger King meal on Friday, according to the New York Post.
Burger King reportedly served Tiffany Floyd and her 4-year-old daughter a children's menu item that was contaminated with blood, including Floyd's meal and a toy that was included with her daughter's meal. according to She told the New York Post and also shared the experience on TikTok. post It quickly became a hot topic and has been viewed 2.1 million times.
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“All I heard was 'Mom, I don't want ketchup,' so I thought maybe they'd gotten the order wrong again and I grabbed the bag and there was blood all over the burger and the wrapper. I looked in the bag and there was blood on the toys and everything,” Floyd told the New York Post.
of Burger King The manager reportedly revealed that the cook had cut his hand and contaminated the blood. He offered Floyd a refund if he returned to the restaurant, the media reported. Concerned about his daughter's health, Floyd consulted her pediatrician, who recommended initial and regular blood tests over the next year to monitor for possible disease transmission.
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Further complicating the situation, the restaurant's manager told Floyd he could not reveal the identity of the injured employee, which meant the employee could not be tested immediately and could not mitigate the need for his daughter to be retested, the outlet reported. Floyd has taken steps to report the incident to the local health inspector at the Niagara County Health Department, but the health department has yet to comment on the incident. (Related: Burger King's latest 'meatless' 'burger' is literally just 20 slices of cheese)
The fast-food chain's corporate headquarters offered to cover medical expenses incurred from the incident, according to the New York Post, but Floyd said the compensation was not enough, given the ongoing impact on his daughter's health and his own growing anxiety.
“We are extremely upset and concerned to learn of this incident. We have been in contact with our guests and are working to resolve this incident. This incident occurred when a member of our restaurant staff injured their finger and left the scene immediately upon realizing it. We have closed the restaurant, retrained all staff and hired an outside company to conduct a deep cleaning,” the company said in a statement reported by the New York Post.
