McDonald's customer left shocked after finding coins inside her chicken nuggets

McDonald's is making some major moves this summer, as it is partnering with Marvel to bring a cinematic surprise for its fans. The brand has launched 'As Featured in Meal,' and fans can't be more excited.

However, McDonald's customers have continued to claim unexpected, strange, and sometimes outright gross finds in their food. People have complained about being served raw Chicken McNuggets, while another customer reported that a McDonald's franchise served unacceptable items to their child inside Happy Meal.

Now, as reported by USA Today, in a bizarre turn of events, a customer has claimed that she was served something truly unfathomable inside her McDonald's food.

Customer finds pennies inside chicken nuggets

The customer in question,Beth Rupert-Warren of Wintersville, Ohio, reported her shocking McDonald's food experience to local authorities earlier this week.

As per Jefferson County Health Commissioner Andrew Henry, the customer's daughter brought over some McDonald's chicken nuggets. When she started eating her food, to her utter horror, there was something metallic lodged inside the nugget. These turned out to be three copper pennies, as per her complaint to Wintersville Police.

The local police took the matter to the local health authorities. Jefferson County Health Department reached out to McDonald's to inquire further.

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McDonald's response to the issue

As per Health Commissioner Andrew Henry, the McDonald's franchisee where the food was served, has removed the whole batch of the contaminated chicken nuggets.

Based on our conversation, we can confirm that they have removed the contaminated chicken nuggets by lot number from stock. Additional precautionary measures were followed. They have been in contact with their manufacturer about the product.

McDonald's corporation continue to stress that they maintain the highest quality standards when it comes to their food, including taking safety precautions using metal detection and X-rays screenings.

It remains to be discovered how the food contamination took place.

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Sources used:

USA Today: 'Ohio woman says she found pennies lodged inside her McDonald's chicken McNuggets'