HEB CUSTOMER CLAIMS A DISGUSTING HORSE FLY IN MEAT

Special to El Run-Rrun

On December 5, 2019, I went grocery shopping at HEB on Boca Chica Blvd and Central Blvd. After getting everything I needed, I went to pay at the counter. 

After arriving home, I started to put away my groceries, and to my disgust, I saw that one of the plastic wrapped meat package had a live fly inside. My God! How is it possible that the fly went unseen? My God! Doesn't the meat employees inspect the meat packages before it goes out to HEB customers? 

 Researchers suspect that flies can harbor at least 65 illnesses that infect people. Some of the most common house fly diseases transmitted in the U.S. include food poisoning, dysentery, and diarrhea. With their diet of feces, trash, rotting produce, and spoiled meats, 

Horse flies constantly pick up pathogens. The insects then carry these germs and leave them behind wherever they land. The transfer process only takes a matter of seconds. 

I then went back to the store and spoke to the wet-behind-the-eat young Manager named JR. He apologized like a hundred times and then gave me the option of a refund or to get another meat. I chose a refund, because I had lost all trust in their meats. 

I let him know that I wanted to make a written report and get a respond back concerning what

will be done so this doesn't happened again. I gave my contact information to JR and he told me that HEB headquarters would be advised, and someone would get back to me. 

Well, it's been more than a month and I still haven't gotten a call back. I decided I will never buy my meats at any HEB anymore. HEB has lost my trust and hopefully this was just a one time mistake.


Montoya, please report this, so people can be more alert in checking their meats more carefully at HEB.