Dickerson and Quinn International Distributors, or D&Q, has responded to a video going viral on social media showing a can of Black Label luncheon meat with maggots.<\/p>\n
Max Kretzer, resident manager of D&Q, told Saipan Tribune that efforts to communicate with the person who posted the video on a social media site have already been made.<\/p>\n
D&Q distributes Black Label in the CNMI.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spoke to the lady that had it and explained to her that what happened is very rare. We haven\u2019t had [something] like this in years. When items travel around, sometimes with a little bit of a hard knock or something, the seal at the top of the can get a slight [dent] via transit,\u201d explained Kretzer.<\/p>\n
Michelle Olita reportedly bought the canned meat product from 999 Market last Dec. 26 and was looking forward to consuming it on Jan. 2.<\/p>\n
\u201c[D&Q] offered to give me a complimentary case of Black Label luncheon meat. \u2026I am not sure yet if I want to get it,\u201d said Olita.<\/p>\n
Kretzer said 999 Market does not buy from D&Q directly. Kretzer believes 999 Market bought the product from a bigger store that was buying from D&Q, which resulted in more handling than usual, thus producing the dent that allowed contaminants to enter.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been in our warehouse and the bigger stores\u2019 warehouse before going to the smaller stores. It gets loaded and unloaded repeatedly,\u201d said Kretzer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe product is made in the U.S. so it is not coming from some questionable origin. It is, unfortunately, one of the very rare occasions that something like this happens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t happen often and it happens with different products from time to time\u2014very rare but it does happen,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Olita said she is still thinking whether to accept the offer of a case of canned meat due to all the negative things she has been hearing from her peers.<\/p>\n
According to Kretzer: \u201cThere is nothing [D&Q] could really do about that, but I did contact the lady that had it and explained to her what the problem was. I suggested that if she had concerns, I offered her another case of Black Label\u2014not for any other reason but just to get her confidence back and not feel she has got anything to be concerned about the product,\u201d said Kretzer.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe hasn\u2019t taken me up on the offer yet, but the offer still stands,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The video of maggots in the meat went viral on social media since being posted on Jan. 6. It has garnered more than 30,000 views and a little less than 800 shares as of 8pm last night.<\/p>\n
Most food products in the Commonwealth are imported, brought in by plane or refrigerated containers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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