Yummo Ice Creams Issues Statement After Mumbai Doctor Claims to Find Human Finger in Ice Cream Cone

New Delhi: Responding to the allegations from a Mumbai-based doctor regarding a human finger found in the Yummo ice cream which he ordered online, the ice cream company has clarified that it has stopped manufacturing at the third-party facility. Moreover, they have taken immediate steps to isolate the affected item both at the facility and in their warehouses, and are currently undertaking similar measures at the market level. While speaking to a leading daily, the company's spokesperson maintained that it will cooperate with the authorities in probing the matter.

Yummo Ice Creams Issues Clarification

 "We have stopped manufacturing at the third-party facility and have taken immediate steps to isolate the affected item both at the facility and in our warehouses. Efforts are currently underway to remove the product from the market. Ensuring product quality and safety remain our utmost priority, we were already in the process of addressing the situation internally. Concurrently, the matter has been escalated, and a formal police complaint has been filed by the customer", Yummo Ice Creams reportedly said. 

What The Mumbai Resident Had Claimed? 

For the unversed, a Mumbai-based man had claimed to find a piece of flesh, apparently a severed human thumb, in the ice cream that he ordered online. The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon, following which the man lodged a complaint with the police. The complainant, Brendon Ferrao (26), is a doctor with an MBBS degree and is a resident of the Malad area in the metropolis. "In his complaint, he said that he ordered a butterscotch ice cream cone from Yummo company through an e-Commerce app. While consuming the ice cream after lunch, he found a piece of flesh with a nail in it," a police official said.

The man, who is pursuing his post-graduate studies, then took up the matter with the ice cream company by complaining about it on its Instagram page. But since there was no proper response from the firm, the complainant put the piece of flesh in an ice bag and approached went to the Malad police station, where he lodged a complaint, the official said.

Based on his complaint, the police registered a case under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 272 (adulteration of food or drink intended for sale), 273 (sale of noxious food and drink) and 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others), against Yummo ice cream company officials, he said.

"The piece of flesh, suspected to be a piece of human finger, has been sent for forensic examination to ascertain whether it is a part of the human body," the official said.

‘Initially Thought it to be a Nut, But…’

Speaking to media persons about the incident, complainant Ferrao said that while eating the ice cream, he found a big piece in his mouth and initially thought it to be a nut. But as he suspected that something was wrong, he took out the piece from his mouth and was appalled to find a piece of flesh, he said.

He said that since he is a doctor, he knows the human body parts well and figured out that the piece of flesh that he found was of a thumb. "After finding the piece of flesh in the ice cream, I was almost trembling. It left me traumatised," he said.

Senior police inspector Ravindra Adane said the piece of flesh with a nail measured around one-and-a-half centimetres. After registering the case, the police have launched a probe to find out from where the ice cream was brought, and where and when it w