India, June 22 -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched an investigation after a human thumb was allegedly found in a laddu sold at a sweet shop in Ambegaon Tehsil. Officials collected samples from the establishment on Saturday and have issued a warning to the food business operator, terming the incident a serious threat to public health.

The incident took place on June 1 at Gohe Budruk Village, when Ramchandra Potkule of Gohegaon bought 250 grams of laddu, and bhel, from Nityanand Hotel in Dimbhegaon. The family consumed the sweets and found a human thumb inside one of the laddus. Some members of the family also experienced nausea and dysentery following which the FDA was alerted and a probe initiated on Friday.

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