Disturbing Footage of Large Worms Crawling in Instant Pasta Cup Led to Recall

Is global warming real?

According to Trump and his friends, it is fake news, despite many reports suggesting that there is more than an iota of truth to it.

With global warming though, there has also been tremendous changes to habitats, ecosystems, food webs and food sources.

So, can someone tell me if this is the reason why more and more critters are found in our foods?

Simply because they are exploring new and interesting avenues to gain access to food while scaring the living daylights out of us hungry folks?

If you don’t believe here’s just two in the past one-month period:

Large Worms Crawling in Instant Pasta Cup

Latest to join the duo is “first in Singapore” instant pasta manufacturer, Kay’s Cup Pasta.

According to this ChannelNewsAsia report, “Kay’s Singapore is investigating how worms got into a cup of its instant pasta, after a consumer complained on Sunday (Jan 20) that he found them crawling inside the product.”

“A Channel NewsAsia reader, who wanted to be known only as Mr Yang, sent photos and a video showing worms inside the cup, which he bought from a Sheng Siong supermarket near Commonwealth MRT station.”

Now, have you eaten your lunch yet?

It doesn’t matter, because I couldn’t care less and here’s the video to boot:

If you don’t want to go through the agony of watching live and squirming worms, here’s a motionless image to help you *ahem* get a picture of what’s going on.

According to the article, Mr Yang noticed the worms after he had opened up the lid and managed to get a refund from Sheng Siong after returning the product to the supermarket.

In response to CNA’s queries, Kay’s Singapore said:

“We are still in the midst of investigating this matter, but as far as we can know, it may be due to some leakage in cup sealing issue that allow the worms to be crawling into the cup.”

“Quality control is our top priority and in order to give our consumers peace of mind, we are working closely with Sheng Siong supermarket to have all the cup pasta recalled back and all recalled products would be disposed of. We will also be investigating this matter further”.

It added too that there hasn’t been any other worm-related complaints so far while CNA has also reached out to the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) for more information.

Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) or Singapore Food Agency (SFA)?

Truth be told, packaged food hasn’t been the only culprit when it comes to ‘additional ingredients’ in the mix.

I’m sure you will remember the spate of food poisoning cases near the end of last year that unfortunately resulted in the death of one man.

To which extent we’ve come to be more familiar with the AVA.

Simply put, the AVA is a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development that regulates food safety, safeguards animal and plant health, and facilitates the agri-food and fisheries trade sectors.

That’s a lot of different things under its jurisdiction isn’t it?

Not for much longer though.

In case you missed this article last year, it reported:

“A new government agency will be formed on April 1 next year to oversee food safety and security, the Government announced on Thursday morning (July 26).

“The Singapore Food Agency (SFA), a statutory board, will come under the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources (Mewr) and will be taking over food-related work currently being done by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA), the National Environment Agency (NEA) and the Health Sciences Authority (HSA).

“The AVA will cease to exist from next April and its animal-related functions, such as animal welfare, will be transferred to the National Parks Board (NParks) under the Ministry of National Development (MND).”

So if you see “food,” “worms,” “lizards,” “cockroach,” along with “SFA” in any article come April 2019, be warned.

Because no more AVA soon. SAF SFA would be coming for you instead.