Woman Sues McDonalds After Finding Glass in Her Sandwich

By Soyoung Kwak in Food on Feb 12, 2011 5:00PM

We thought finding hair in our food was bad enough, but it looks like things always could be worse: a woman sued McDonald's yesterday after she bit into and chewed on a glass shard in her McChicken sandwich. The woman, Vjollca Lecaj, had dined at a McDonald's restaurant in Oak Lawn on August 5 of last year when the incident occurred.

Should we all be wary of ingesting glass shards in our food? Apparently, there is a somewhat logical explanation for how a piece of glass ended up in Lecaj's sandwich - an exploding coffee pot:

The complaint filed in Cook County Circuit Court said Lecaj's sandwich may have been contaminated after an overheated glass coffee pot exploded, causing glass shards to scatter. Lecaj accused the world's largest fast-food chain of failing to properly inspect its cooking equipment and ensure that her sandwich could be eaten safely.

She is seeking more than $50,000 in damages.

Yikes. We would take hair in our food over pieces of glass any day.