Dead bird found in Tesco salad by Somerset family

A shopper said his family had found a dead bird in a prepared salad he bought at a supermarket and served for dinner.

Paul Streeter, from Weare, Somerset, said his girlfriend had been sick after the carcass was discovered in a baby leaf and rocket salad bought at Tesco's Burnham-on-Sea branch.

He said: "I couldn't believe my eyes. It was horrific. She was seconds away from eating it."

Tesco said it was conducting a "thorough investigation".

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Thousands of dead birds to be removed from Ontario shore

Thousands of dead birds will be collected from an Ontario shoreline on Monday as the province's Ministry of Natural Resources tries to determine what killed the waterfowl.

Officials estimate as many as 6,000 dead birds have washed up on the Georgian Bay's shoreline. The carcasses are scattered along a nearly three-kilometre stretch near Wasaga Beach.

"You just want to cry," resident Faye Ego told CTV Toronto on Saturday.

Authorities speculate that the birds may have been killed by a form of botulism after eating dead fish.
Locals said they noticed some dead fish on the beach a few weeks ago and a few dead birds earlier in September.

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