Who doesn’t love ice-cream? But what’s to come will make every ice-cream lover cringed out. A now-viral video on Twitter showed a woman licking an ice-cream tub from a store, and then putting it back in the freezer.
The video was posted by the user @BlindDensetsu on Twitter, with the caption, “What kinda psychopathic behavior is this?!”
We can clearly see a woman holding a half-gallon tub of the ‘Tin-Roof’ flavour ice-cream of the company. She licks the ice-cream off the top and them puts the lid back on the tub. Then she placed it in the freezer storage and just walks away.
What kinda psychopathic behavior is this?! pic.twitter.com/T8AIdGpmuS
— Gee Money (@BlindDensetsu) June 29, 2019
The video elicited reactions prompted by anger and disgust. The video soon went viral and also came to the knowledge of Blue Bell Creameries. They reacted saying,
Hello! We want to thank our consumers for alerting us to the recent food tampering incident. We take this issue very seriously and are currently working with the appropriate authorities. For more information, please click here: https://t.co/Uampapt2l8
— Blue Bell Ice Cream (@ILoveBlueBell) July 1, 2019
https://twitter.com/OnlyGeeves/status/1145385703263490048
It’s really awful. I work in healthcare and this is a public health nightmare waiting to happen.
— ChristineP (@ChristineParini) June 30, 2019
https://twitter.com/SheistheSass/status/1145018476530163715
w-where is the plastic seal
— clean slate (@PleaseBeGneiss) June 30, 2019
Assuming this isn't just shot for reactions, and she really put the ice cream back for someone else to buy – it should be a felony.
— Adam Sith (@dfunkedtt) June 29, 2019
This was just the beginning of more such shameful acts. Twitter user @GAYSHAWNMENDES, is seen opening an ice-cream tub. He eats it before passing it to his friend, who was filming. He then haphazardly puts it back in the storage before moving on.
https://twitter.com/GAYSHAWNMENDES/status/1146233115859283969
Y’all don’t seem to understand that food tampering is a felony and y’all just keep doing it. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
— JamJam (@Jam_Jammies) July 3, 2019
Even Satan (with his Twitter handle @s8n) disapproves of his video.
https://twitter.com/s8n/status/1146387287770615808
Blue Bell is currently working with law enforcement and retail stores to find the woman, who tampered its ice-cream tub. The woman in the video has been identified to hail from Lufkin, Texas and the State police has been taking actions regarding product tampering.
In a statement given to USA TODAY, Lufkin Police Department wrote,
“Tampering with a consumer product is a second-degree felony and carries a punishment range of 2-20 years. The department is consulting with the FDA and federal charges may also be pending.”
The company is also being questioned over poor packaging of the products—specifically, it’s lack of a protective seal. However, the company insists that the packaging procedure makes any tampering detectable to customers. They reportedly said,
“During production, our half gallons are flipped upside down and sent to a hardening room where the ice cream freezes to create a natural seal,” the statement continued. “The lids are frozen tightly to the carton. Any attempt at opening the product should be noticeable.”
For now, Both the company and the Lufkin Police are looking for the woman in the initial video and the Netizens hope that they find her and make her pay for this felony.