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Watch: Stomach-churning moment Telford couple found live maggots in stock cube

A  man from Telford captured the moment he discovered three live grubs in an Oxo cube that was about to be crumbled into a meal.

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James Pearson, 35, filmed the maggot-like creatures wriggling around on his kitchen unit after breaking the cube. Another of the creepy crawlies was living in a second cube from the same pack.

The creatures have been sent to the local environmental health agency and an investigation has been launched.

Mr Pearson said: "It was my girlfriend Charlotte who spotted them – at first they looked like little bits of noodle.

"But then it looked like something was actually embedded in the cube. Obviously when we saw what it was I was shocked to see these maggot like things which were about to go into her dinner."

Mr Pearson contacted Premier Foods, who make Oxo cubes, and they requested he send them the box of cubes and the grubs so that they could investigate. But he instead decided to contact the environmental health agency.

Mr Pearson said the cubes had nine months left on their use-by-date.

A spokesman for Telford & Wrekin Council's environmental health department, said: 'I can confirm that Telford & Wrekin Council has received a complaint from a member of the public about live grubs in a chicken Oxo cube that was purchased from a local shop.

He added: 'In keeping with normal procedures when a complaint relates to an item of food made somewhere else, we have contacted Bassetlaw District Council and asked them to investigate. "

A spokesman for Premier Foods said: "We take any complaint incredibly seriously. "

He said the company was "cooperating fully" with the environmental health agency's investigation.

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