Worms in Wendy's BLT salad forced nauseous woman to go to hospital

A South Florida woman said she found worms in the BLT salad she and her boyfriend ordered at a Wendy’s – but the restaurant manager brushed off the nauseating find. The customer, who only wanted to give her first name of Ivette, said she immediately regretted making a drive-thru run at the Wendy's on Hollywood Boulevard on Nov. 7. She and her boyfriend Ahmed said they ordered the salad to share on their ride home, but she could only get through one bite.



"I tasted something sour. And I was like 'wait, this is strange.' I spit it out and then I see what looked like a worm to me," Ivette said. But it wasn’t the only one, she said. She referred to photos she took right after the incident. "That's the worm that I actually saw on the salad, not the one that was in my mouth. That was a different worm that was in the salad," Ivette said. She and Ahmed claim they unearthed an unsavory ingredient beneath the iceberg lettuce leaves: another worm.

The couple said that after becoming violently ill, they immediately returned to the restaurant and showed the manager. "They just brushed it off. Like it's not a big deal. It's just a worm. But today it's a worm, what's it going to be next time?" Ivette asked. The couple froze the meal. "I went to the hospital because I felt nauseated the entire time," Ivette said. She and Ahmed are being represented by attorney Mark Pacin.



"My clients didn't come to me and say 'I want money.' They came to me and said we want to make sure that others are aware as to what's going on," Pacin said. "This is not about money, this is really about public concern," Pacin added. In a statement, a Wendy's spokesperson said, “We take claims very seriously. The quality of our food is very important to us. At this stage we are gathering information because we were not aware of this claim.” Pacin said he has not filed a lawsuit, but is considering all options.

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