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Child finds 'sliced finger tip' in noodles

Tokyo - The company had apologised to the customer but added that what had slipped into the bowl was not a fingertip but only a 'nail'.

A child who was tucking into noodles at a popular Japanese restaurant found some extra topping in the bowl - the tip of a sliced finger, a health official said on Thursday.
A female customer complained to staff when her child made the gruesome finding at a 'ramen' noodle outlet run by Kourakuen Holdings in the central Japanese city of Shizuoka last month.
It turned out to be a piece of "nail with thick skin", according to Masashi Goto, a local official in charge of inspecting food hygiene.
"We were able to understand it was part of a finger," he said, adding that the tip was about one centimetre wide and 7-8 millimetres long.
The shop's operator has submitted a letter of apology to the health office and vowed to ensure that a similar incident does not happen again, he said.
An official at Kourakuen Holdings, which operates a chain of 'ramen' noodle restaurants in the country, said the incident occurred when a female kitchen worker accidentally cut her thumb while slicing a chunk of meat.
The company said it had apologised to the customer but added that what had slipped into the bowl was not a fingertip but only a 'nail'.
Kourakuen operates more than 520 outlets in Japan.