August 2007: A woman found her coleslaw from a foodcourt stall especially chewy. It turned out she was chomping on a plaster with dried blood on it.
January 2007: A popular American chain of restaurants was fined and given demerit points after a couple complained about finding a live cockroach in their roast chicken pita.
September 2006: A mother wrote to The Straits Times Forum complaining about employees at a sushi chain who made sushi with their bare hands, and who then proceeded to handle cash from customers.
March 2003: A woman bought a packet of economy rice from Lau Pa Sat, only to discover a dead rat under her curry rice. The stall was fined $100 and given demerit points.
November 2002: A man thought he was chomping on a chocolate chip in his ice cream at a popular ice-cream chain outlet, but it turned out to be a piece of chipped glass instead.
In the same month, a woman eating at a noodle outlet discovered a staple in the fillings of a dumpling.