Katharine Wood’s extraordinary story appears on the front page of the SUNDAY PEOPLE newspaper and in the DAILY MAIL …
Katharine was horrified…
Lunchtime horror as vegetarian Katharine finds live NEWT in her salad…
Newt identified by Sainsbury’s in Taste the Difference salad as Triturus Vulgaris (female common newt)
After popping nextdoor to Sainsbury’s, Katharine, 29, sat at her desk to enjoy a ‘Taste the Difference’ Mozzarella and Tomato salad. But she never imagined the ‘difference’ would be a live newt.
Katharine, head of finance for a company in the City, had taken five mouthfuls of the ‘ready-to-eat’ meal when she noticed something moving in the leaves. It was then, on closer inspection, she saw the face of a live newt staring up at her. 
The vegetarian, rushed the salad and newt back to Sainsbury’s who after tests, admitted it was a newt and it had somehow survived in the salad bag.
And she has now been awarded £25 voucher as compensation by the store.
But Katharine claims Sainsbury’s don’t understand how awful this has been for her as her relationship with food has now been ruined.
She says: ‘As soon as I realised a newt was in the bag of salad, I rushed to the toilet to wash my mouth out. However despite this, I was very unwell over the weekend and now believe I was suffering from salmonella poisoning.
‘Finding the newt has been extra distressing because I am a strict vegetarian so just seeing an animal in my food has been my worse nightmare. I also felt upset for the newt. It’s put me off food – certainly salads.’
In a letter Sainsbury’s confirmed the newt was a female common smooth newt (Triturus Vulgaris) and is widespread throughout the UK and Europe. They add it appears the newt might have survived the wash process and could have buried itself within the leaves. Unfortunately it was then not spotted by assembly staff at the factory, so remained hidden.
It was due to rehomed but sadly has since died.
See a PHOTO and VIDEO of the newt moving in Katharine’s salad on the Sunday People website.
With Katharine’s consent, her story was then sold by our syndication arm to the Daily Mail.
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