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Tuesday 1 March 2016

Lipton Debunks 'Worms' in Tea in Viral Video as Lemon Pieces - With Video Proving What is Really Inside Their Lemon Green Brew [Photos+Video]

Live worms found in Lipton green tea

Ismat Raza posted a photo showing 'live, wriggling worms' in her teabag - but the Lipton company claims she's got it very wrong

Lipton Tea is fighting back against a bizarre viral video that purported to show "worms" in its Lemon Green Tea bags.
In the video that has gone viral, Facebook user Ismat Raza opened the tea bags and found the small pieces in the Lemon Green Tea bags.

"There are worms inside, living worms and it is not one or two, you can see a lot of," them, she says in the video.
The company posted its own video on Facebook on Tuesday with an explanation.
"There are no 'worms' in our tea bags," the company said. "These are small lemon flavor pieces which have been mistaken for worms."
Lipton tea company has hit back at claims a customer found live worms in her lemon green teabag with a video proving the small pieces were simply fruit zest.
The company posted the video after Ismat Raza wrongly claimed she opened a Lipton teabag and found several creatures wriggling inside before posting her supposed 'evidence' as a video on Facebook.
In the clip, Ismat says: "It is in each and every teabag of lemon flavour green tea. You can see there are living worms inside.
"It's not one or two, it's a lot."
She then opens a second teabag and claims to discover even more worms.
Ismat RazaLive worms found in Lipton green tea
Claims: Ismat says she found worms in her lemon green teabag
Ismat confirmed that the teabags were packaged in November 2015. The expiry date was reportedly in October 2017.
The video was supposedly filmed in Dubai before being shared on social media.
Lipton immediately posted a response to the video on Facebook , writing: "In response to the video of Lipton's Lemon Green Tea bags, there are no “worms” in our tea bags.
"These are small lemon flavour pieces which have been mistaken for worms. If you put these lemon flavour pieces in hot water they will dissolve as you can see from this video.
"The tea is of the highest quality standard and is absolutely safe to consume.
The statement has new been viewed more than 79,700 times on the social media site.
Dubai Municipality also responded to the video and posted a comment in support of Lipton on Instagram.
Ismat RazaLive worms found in Lipton green tea
False: Lipton have now responded to the allegations
The caption read: "The people in the video are spreading rumours recently and claiming they care about the public health in society while they do the opposite and spread false information based on people's imaginations with no scientific or logical basis.

"The Food Safety Management at Dubai Municipality would like to show the consumers the ignorance of such people and advises everyone not to circulate such videos but instead going to the responsible authorities to verify the information and get the correct and trusted scientific answer from official scientific and legal authorities.

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