Ants found in burritos under investigation

By JENNY YUEN, Toronto Sun
5th January 2010

Ants have been known to ruin picnics, but the last place you'd expect to
find them is in your fast food. 

To Tommy Lam, the "Golden Arches" have become a lot more tarnished,
after he found at least 50 dead ants in his McDonald's breakfast burrito
on Saturday. But so far, he hasn't heard an apology. 

"This whole ordeal is mind-boggling," Lam, 28, said yesterday. 

"I get sick thinking of what happened." 

Lee and his girlfriend stopped by the busy fast-food restaurant at
Markham Rd. and Denison St. on their way to work at his business, the
Jewellery Box. 

After waiting 15 minutes in line, the couple said they ordered four pita
sandwiches to go. It wasn't until they opened the paper wrapping did
they discover dozens of ants inside and outside their burritos. 

While Lee admits while he hasn't fallen ill to ingesting several bites
of the ant-laced burrito, it's protein that's unwanted. 

"When I think of it, it grosses me out," he said. "Just bringing back
the bad memories. 

"Fifty ants is the minimum, but I think it was closer to 80 or 90." 

Lee said the York Region Health Agency took a sample of the ant-infested
burrito and sent it off for inspection. 

McDonald's Canada, for its part, said it's still investigating the cause
of the insects. 

"We immediately began a thorough investigation, which has been unable to
confirm the customer's allegation," wrote McDonald's Restaurants of
Canada spokesman Stephanie Sorensen in an e-mail statement.