Burger King meal splattered with blood served to 4-year-old, New York mom says

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AMHERST, NY (WIVB) – A New York woman says she is considering legal action after her 4-year-old daughter found blood spatter on her Burger King meal.

Tiffany Floyd told Nexstar’s WIVB that around noon on Friday, July 26, she stopped at a Burger King in Getzville, about 15 miles north of Buffalo.

About five minutes after leaving the drive-thru, Floyd said her young daughter opened the bag and complained that there was ketchup on her burger. That’s when Floyd turned around and saw blood on the burger and the packaging, she said.

“Someone needs to be held accountable for this because this is not okay,” Floyd said.

The Burger King is located in Erie County, but Floyd first called her local health department in Niagara County. A Niagara County sanitation worker then called the fast food restaurant’s manager to investigate, according to a preliminary report obtained by WIVB.

The manager reportedly told the cleaning lady that an employee wearing gloves had pinched his finger in the microwave door and hadn’t noticed it was bleeding so badly.

Floyd said her daughter was traumatized by the experience and has barely eaten anything since because she was afraid there would be blood in her food.

“They either didn’t follow the proper steps after cutting or something, but this can’t happen again. You know, it’s horrible that my 4-year-old is going through this,” Floyd said.

Burger King said in a statement that the incident was the result of a team member injuring his finger and immediately walking away.

The fast food giant added that the Burger King location was closed over the weekend to retrain all employees and deep clean the restaurant.

The company’s full statement reads: “We were deeply shocked and concerned to learn of this incident. We have been in contact with the guest and are working with her to resolve this incident. This incident occurred as a result of a team member in the restaurant injuring their finger and immediately walking away upon realizing it. We have closed the restaurant to retrain all team members and hired an outside company to perform a deep cleaning. We expect the restaurant to reopen on Monday, July 29 and are fully paying team members for any lost services during this temporary closure.”