Maggots in soup and spider in a cocktail among 3,414 food safety complaints made last year
The FSAI received 139 complaints of incorrect information on food labelling and 97 over the non-displaying of allergen information on food products.
Maggots in soup and a spider in a takeaway cocktail were among some of the unsavoury finds reported to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland last year.
Consumer complaints about unfit food and poor hygiene standards rose 23% last year, with customers reporting incidents of food contaminated with maggots, other insects, plastic, metal, glass, and hair.
