A PENSBY man is calling for an investigation after a bolt was found in a pork pie he had bought from a supermarket.

Alan Jones bought the pie from Tesco in Bidston Moss on Saturday, September 26.

When wife Hazel opened the pie wrapper the following day at their home in Fairview Way, she found the one-inch steel bolt sticking out of the pastry.

A spokesman for Tesco has invited Mr Jones to bring the pie back to the store, in order for an investigation to begin.

Mr Jones, who is 59 and unemployed, said he has emailed the pie's manufacturer, Nottingham-based Pork Farms, to complain about the find.

He took the pie to Wirral's environmental health department on Thursday.

He said: "I couldn’t believe it when Hazel told me what she'd found.

"It's disgusting and I want to know how it came to be in there. It wasn’t a very large pie, so you couldn't miss the bolt.

"We were going to put it in the microwave. Imagine what would have happened if we'd done that.

"I've eaten this brand of pie for many years, but will probably not have any more.

"I'm not interested in getting any compensation from the company. My only worry is that somebody else could have bought the pie and a child could have bitten into it."

A Tesco spokesman said: "Food security is taken extremely seriously and many robust checks are carried out.

"We will carry out a thorough investigation with the supplier if the customer returns the product to the store.

"Alternatively we will of course fully co-operate with any investigation by Environmental Health."

A spokesman for Pork Farms said: "We have launched a full investigation into the enquiry tracing back the production of the pie to ensure that quality and safety standards have been upheld throughout.

"Customer safety is our top priority and any reported incident is treated very seriously.

"We have confidence in the high quality of our production processes.

"Each product we make is subject to vigorous checks and must also pass a metal detection test before leaving the factory."