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Man finds maggots on his sandwich at Atlanta airport

ATLANTA

A restaurant says it has switched vendors after a customer found a cluster of maggots on his sandwich at Atlanta’s airport.

Weekly traveler Joel Woloshuk told WSB-TVSFlbon Tuesday that he bought a sandwich from Cafi Intermezzo and realized that the white specks on top of it were maggots — not parmesan — when they began moving.

In a statement to WSB-TV, Cafi Intermezzo’s president said the case was isolated and the problem could not have originated at the restaurant. He says the restaurant switched bread vendors and “not a single crumb” from the original bakery remains.

Atlanta Department of Aviation officials said they’re distributing ultraviolet lights to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport restaurants so they can better inspect food shipments.

The Clayton County Board of Health says it found no citable violation at the location that it inspected.

Lansing zoo knocks down story of missing tiger

CHARLOTTE, Mich.

A tiger on the loose? A Lansing zoo says don’t be fooled.

Potter Park Zoo says police received about two dozen calls Friday, mostly from people in the Charlotte area concerned about reports of a tiger roaming free.

Authorities believe a prankster is making phone calls with a warning about a tiger breaking free while being transported outside the zoo. The caller’s identification was blocked, preventing people from determining where the call originated.

Potter Park Zoo director Sherrie Graham says tigers, lions, monkeys and camels are safe and secure.

‘Frankenfish’ hooked in Virginia is a world record

SPOTSYLVANIA, Va.

A Virginia man who caught a fish known as “Frankenfish” has set a world record.

Caleb Newton hooked the 17-pound, 6-ounce northern snakehead in a creek in northern Virginia during a fishing tournament June 1. The “Frankenfish” gets its nickname because of its appearance and adaptability.

The invasive species native to Asia is able to breathe air and survive in very shallow waters or mud.

The Free Lance-Star reported that the International Game Fish Association confirmed the record catch. It beat a snakehead caught in Japan in 2004 by 2 ounces.

Newton is a 27-year-old plumber in Spotsylvania County. He has said it only took him about a minute to get it into the boat, and the 3-foot-long fish barely fit into his cooler.

Associated Press