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"Completely put me off": Woman finds sharp object in popular yoghurt sold at Woolies

<p>A Melbourne woman has reported finding a sharp foreign object in a yoghurt she had bought at Woolworths.</p> <p>Sheridan Tomkinson was enjoying her breakfast this morning when she felt something strange in her mouthful of yoghurt.</p> <p>“As I started eating this at my desk at work, I felt something unusual in my mouth and it’s a f***ing piece of metal,” she wrote on the supermarket’s Facebook page alongside a picture of the strange object.</p> <p>“Suffering a major toothache at the moment with my wisdom teeth, and chewing on this thing made it feel worse.</p> <p>“Good one Woolworths and Chobani, I was really enjoying my yoghurt until this completely put me off.”</p> <p><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdailytelegraph%2Fposts%2F10156108004486105&amp;width=500" width="500" height="487" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe></p> <p>Other social media users expressed their disgust and encouraged Tomkinson to lodge a complaint. </p> <p>“Make sure you put a big complaint in that’s terrible imagine [if] it was a little child,” one wrote.</p> <p>“Not buying [C]hobanis anymore,” another added.</p> <p>Woolworths responded to the post, commenting: “We’re very concerned to see this. Thank you for letting us know your details. Our team will be in contact with you today.”</p> <p>The supermarket giant told <a href="https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/research-reveals-blatant-gender-tax-added-to-aussie-staples/news-story/8bd48e80c32b2df80cdc72fdd068ba09"><em>news.com.au</em></a> that it had communicated the issue to Chobani. </p> <p>“The details have been reported to the supplier who makes the product, and we stand ready to assist them as they investigate the matter,” the Woolworths spokesperson said.</p> <p>“We’re not aware of any other reports of a similar nature about this product at this time.”</p> <p>Chobani has not commented on the matter.</p>

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