A shopper was given a shock after discovering a live mouse crawling around in a loaf of bread he bought from Aldi. Andrew Odell tweeted the company a picture of the rodent crawling around inside the packaging of his sliced white and said it was the first and last time he was going to shop at the supermarket. When Aldi replied he wrote that his heavily pregnant wife Claire had already been in touch and that the couple were 'extremely upset' about the incident. Shocking: The mouse can be seen crawling around inside the loaf of bread Mr Odell purchased from Aldi . Twitter users began responding to the original tweet, leading Mr Odell to expand on the discovery by tweeting: 'Fortunately the mouse is fine, the same cannot be said for my heavily pregnant wife'. He later complained: 'I don't think @AldiUK are taking this case seriously. I FOUND A LIVE MOUSE IN MY BREAD.' Users also shared their responses. One wrote: 'This is sickening, I hope they [Aldi] take this seriously' while another added 'that's so bad! I'm never shopping at ALDI again!'. Mr Odell's original tweet read: 'Cheers @Aldi, just used your shop in Mk for the first time....and last.' It has already been re-tweeted more than 1,600 times. Irate: Andrew Odell tweeted Aldi a series of messages after discovering the mouse inside the packaging of his loaf of bread. It is believed he had been to the store in Milton Keynes but said it was the last time he would . Aldi said it had contacted Mr Odell and was investigating the grim discovery 'as a matter of urgency' The company responded today by saying it was looking into the incident. A spokesman for Aldi said: 'Please be assured that the safety of our shoppers is Aldi’s number one priority. 'We have contacted the customer and will look into this as a matter of urgency.'
Andrew Odell tweeted a picture of the mouse crawling around on his bread.
Mr Odell later wrote that he didn't think Aldi was taking matter seriously.
Aldi have said they are looking into the incident 'as a matter of urgency'