Bad surprise for a customer of McDonald’s in Sain-Witz, in Val-d’Oise. She discovered a dead lizard in her burger, and therefore decided to sue the brand.
Last December, a customer of a KFC located in Twickenham (England) found a whole chicken head in his order. But McDonald’s in Sain-Witz (Val-d’Oise) did more: a woman found a lizard in her burger in February 2021, reports The Parisian.
It all starts with an order via UberEats. Paméla (the first name has been changed) orders a Big Tasty (a well-known burger from the brand, editor’s note) at the Saint-Witz restaurant. After receiving her menu, the young woman sits down with a friend, bites into her sandwich, then spits it out. “I felt there was something weird. I opened it and that’s when I discovered a crushed lizard with the guts coming out,” she explains to our colleagues. “It was well coated with sauce, the cook must have seen it”, testifies her friend.
Worried, the customer goes to the store the same evening. “I had the impression that they weren’t surprised at all. The cook was behind and at no time did he come to see us. The manager was not there,” she says. She is offered compensation (10% off her next meal), and one of the employees wants the burger back. She refuses.
Endangering the life of others
The next day, Pamela is nauseous. She goes to a doctor, who puts her on antibiotics. She had previously stopped breastfeeding her son, who was 8 months old at the time, fearing the reptile was carrying disease. Worried, she finally decides to approach a lawyer, who even goes so far as to keep the lizard in a fridge for several weeks to carry out any analyses. The latter calls on McDo to appear in court for endangering the lives of others. The hearing, which will take place in February 2023, will be held at the Pontoise court.
For its part, the management of the Saint-Witz sign assures that an “internal investigation was immediately carried out at the time of the events, in February 2021. This did not reveal any non-compliance”. She finally specifies that “the management of the Saint-Witz restaurant will continue to transmit to justice the necessary elements in the context of this case.”
