Guinness can insert

Guinness , on the other hand, contains two: a smooth and creamy Irish stout and a widget. What's a widget, you ask? It's not just a software term — it's the word that Guinness uses for the plastic ball that the Irish brewery includes in the canned version of its widely beloved beverage via Business Insider.

Though Guinness has been brewed in Dublin since via Guinness , it wasn't until the late 20th century and the advent of aluminum cans for distributing beverages that the widget was introduced.

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Mr Powlesland then visited Mr Thorburn at his home. He explained that the decision not to issue a warning was taken at board level. Mr Thorburn was then referred to the Guinness company secretary, Brian Beanland.

A week before Christmas, Mr Beanland told Mr Thorburn that the company still had no firm idea what was causing the damage. He indicated that it was probably caused before the cans arrived in the shops. It also became clear that the company had received other complaints of a similar nature.

There were at least three after Mr Thorburn first contacted Guinness. One woman had reported fragments in her mouth but had not swallowed them.

Mr Beanland emphasised that no injuries had been reported. He told Mr Thorburn that the company doctor had advised that fragments could be harmful to children, but probably not to adults. We're not complacent and I'm not saying that there are no circumstances when it could do harm. Mr Beanland insisted that there were unlikely to be any other problems because when the widget broke the beer poured flat and that ordinary drinkers were unlikely to drink flat beer.

Mr Powlesland went on to explain that a special project team had been set up to examine the problem but said he could not go into the details of their research. He said that Guinness had chosen not to inform the public health or trading standards authorities because 'we're taking all the actions that we believe are necessary anyway'. None of this has satisfied Mr Thorburn who believes that there are possible dangers. He is particularly concerned that Guinness has taken so long to investigate the cases it is aware of.