What's grosser that gross?

I was watching the news last night when they showed a preview to a special story coming up. Then it showed a clip of a pile of green beans with a rat head on top. Yes folks, the head of a rat. So of course I stuck around to get the full story.

A woman making some lunch had opened a can of green beans, dumped them in the pot to heat up and a rat head gangle teeth and all plopped right out of the can. Totally mortified the woman called Wal*Mart where she had purchased the green beans and they directed her to the company of the green beans themselves. I guess they were prompt in their attention to the matter but reassured her that their canned vegetables go through an intense sterilization process, so even if they happened to eat the rat head they would be safe.

So what part of this story is not okay? For starters the rat in the canned food, but I think it's even worse that they mentioned eating the rat would be okay. I think it might have been safe to say - if they happened to eat some of the green beans before they saw the rat head that would be okay. What kind of person sits down to eat beans and doesn't realize they are chewing on a rodent head?! How insulting. They had the woman put it in her freezer until they could come examine it. I was completely speechless, not to mention eating green beans messes with my gag reflex anyway.

Moral of the story : Watch out the next time you open a can, the rest of the rat has got to be out there somewhere!