A nine-year-old girl was horrified when she bit into an Iceland duck pancake only to discover it was infested with what appeared to be dead worms.
Imogen Matlala was tucking into dinner with her mother, Lisa, 39, when she went to take a bite and made the grim discovery.
They found seven black twisted worm-like strands through the warmed-up meat - some up to five inches long - but Iceland say they were actually duck veins.
The family, of Stroud, Gloucestershire, say they believe the bird used to make the product must have been infected with the parasites.
Imogen said: 'I was just about to take a bite when I noticed something strange sticking out. It looked like a long black worm.'
Ms Matlala added: 'It was absolutely disgusting. The whole of the duck was absolutely infested with them.
'I'm so relieved my daughter spotted the worms before she'd eaten the pancake. I dread to think what would have happened if she'd swallowed them.
'Some of them were only small but the biggest one or two must have been about five inches long. We counted around seven in total.
'I think they were tapeworms. I couldn't believe it. The meat was riddled with them.'
Imogen had pestered her mother into buying the food for dinner after school and bought the frozen meal from the Iceland Foods in Cornhill, Stroud, before heading home.
A spokesman for Iceland said their supplier had since been in contact with the family and had cleared up the issue.
The spokesman said: ’Please be assured that we take all complaints extremely seriously. We can confirm that Ms Matlala has been contacted by our suppliers and they are confident that this is not a foreign body, it is a natural part of the duck.
'We have arranged for the product to be collected by our supplier so they can investigate and confirm this to be the case.
'As soon as we have the results of this investigation we will get back in touch with Ms Matlala.'
The spokesman added the family had been reimbursed for the product and all other expenses.
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