Baker fined for leaving oven glove in loaf of bread

A bread maker has been fined after a woman discovered part of an oven glove baked into her slice of bread - but she didn't notice it until she began eating it.

Herefordshire-based Hovis makers Premier Foods were fined £750 after the woman in Northern Ireland discovered the hairy white bread. She had toasted a slice, and had begun to eat it, when she noticed the material.



The packet turned out to be full of shreds of the hessian-type cloth.

A spokesman for Premier Foods said: 'We go to great lengths to assure the quality of our great British brands but on this isolated occasion we have fallen short of our usual high standards and apologise for any distress caused to the customer.'