This is the stomach-churning moment a mum took her children for lunch at McDonald’s only to discover “maggots” squirming inside a ketchup dispenser.
Corinne had just ordered chicken nuggets for her kids at the branch in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, when she made what she said was a gruesome discovery.
McDonald’s has launched an investigation following the complaint, and said it had "fallen short" of the expected standard.
The repulsed parent took a video of what she found after "seeing something moving" inside.
“I had placed my order and was waiting for it by the counter when I thought to get some ketchup for my son,” she said.
“I went to use the pump and when I was picking up the pot I saw them moving.
“There was another lady about to get some so I pointed it out to her; she just made a yuck face and left.”
In Corinne’s video, the revolting creatures are seen wriggling at the nozzle end of the dispenser.
But the mum said they were visible throughout the length of the tube.
She said: “I pointed it out to a girl who was cleaning the floor and she didn’t believe me at first so I showed her.
“She then called a manager, who looked about 15, and he just shrugged and said that pump hasn’t worked in a while. We had our food, but it was thoroughly checked after that!”
Corinne, 36, now said she’ll never return to the branch.
“Definitely not that one and I will need a good long while before I go back to any,” she said.
“I can do without it but the kids love it.”
McDonald’s said it was investigating the matter.
A spokesperson said: "Food safety and hygiene is of the utmost importance to us. We're extremely disappointed to see that we have fallen short on this occasion.
“Our condiment area and dispensers are checked for cleanliness on a daily basis, and when the matter was brought to the attention of our restaurant team we immediately took the dispensers out of action to be cleaned and sanitised.
“We are conducting a thorough investigation to understand how the incident occurred on this occasion.”
