 A British French Fry factory was evactuated for two days running last week after bomb parts were found in potatoes that were imported from France and Belgium, the site of various battles during both of the World Wars. The Scarborough plant, owned by Canada's McCain Foods which is the world's largest producer of frozen French frieds, was emptied on Fridat when a worker spoted what proved to be a shell tip among potatoes that were being cleaned for slicing. The police were called and an exclusion zone was established. On Saturday, an entire hand grenade was discovered in potatoes and the plant was evacuated again. On that occasion, the Army took the grenade away and blew it up in a controlled explosion in a nearby field. The Scarborough plant, in northern England, was opened in 1969 and uses 1,400 tons of potatoes each week. Following the incidents, production was back to nosmal. Ordnance has been found at another McCain Food plant. The company released a statement that indicated when potatoes are imported from Belgium or northern France, ordnance debris from the First or Second World War can, at times, be found. |
