Woman 'finds maggots in supermarket ham'

HORRIFIED hairdresser Stephanie Fowler opened a packet of ham to make a sandwich – only to find the meat crawling with maggots, she claims.

Miss Fowler's mum Sam Campion says she bought the Premier Deli cooked ham from the Tesco store in Wragby Road, Lincoln.

Miss Fowler (20), from Faldingworth, near Lincoln, was taking a lunch break at her mum's home in nearby Welton when she claims she made the sickening discovery.

"I opened the packet, saw about 20 maggots and put it outside the back door," she said.

"It makes my skin crawl. Someone with poor eyesight could have eaten it.

"I could understand if the meat was out of date but the 'use by' date was September 7."

Tesco and supplier Cranswick Convenience Foods, which is based in North Wales, have said that there is no way the maggots could have got into the product.

But both the firms have pledged to investigate the matter fully.

For more on this story, including pictures of the maggot-infested ham and the full response from Tesco and Cranswick Convenience Foods, see Friday's Lincolnshire Echo

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