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LOCKHART, Texas (KXAN) - A Lockhart family got more than they bargained for when they purchased a rump roast from a Sam's Club in San Marcos.
The couple said they were shocked to see the piece of meat contained more than a healthy dose of iron; it also contained a bullet full of lead.
“I noticed this little brown mark that's right in here, OK, and at first I just thought it was dye,” said Angie Caruso Hernandez. “I wanted to see what it was underneath, so I had taken a knife, and I hit something hard. At that point I flipped it over, and the bullet was right in here, and I stuck it in there, and it popped right out onto the counter.”
The mother of a boy with a weakened immune system, Hernandez said she immediately had lead-poisoning concerns.
“Oh my God, I said that could have been dangerous, especially for my son,” she said. “I could have killed him. He is already on medication, and if I had given this to him with his immune system so low, I could have … it might have killed him.”
The Hernandez family said they have spoken to the Food and Drug Administration U.S. Department of Agriculture, and no one had an answer for them, at least not a satisfactory one.
“The lady that answered the phone at the USDA just said, ‘Well, you know kids could be having fun out in the field and shooting the cows,'” Hernandez said.
Hernandez said Sam's Club told her to just bring the meat back for a refund. “They weren't concerned about anything else,” she said.
When KXAN Austin News contacted the USDA and Sam's Club, representatives said they take food safety issues very seriously and will be investigating.
The Hernandez family said they feel someone should have taken a better look at the meat before selling it.

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