One Singaporean mother, Vernice Lim, found a dried-up lizard in a diaper and took to Facebook to warn fellow parents about it.

Lizard in diaper

According to her post on September 27, she bought MamyPoko diapers from Fairprice at Jurong Point and opened the packaging to take out a diaper.

Lim noticed that something was wrong because her daughter was "screaming".

Only then, did she allegedly discover a dead lizard in the diaper:

Did not leave it open

Lim clarified that the packet was new and this was the first diaper she took out from the packaging.

As she intended to use the diaper immediately, she added that she did not leave the packaging opened.

She also attached several photos of the packaging to show that there were no holes that the lizard could possibly enter from:

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The only visible hole was the opening Lim had torn to take out the diaper:

Mothership has also reached out to MamyPoko Singapore for their comment and will update this article as soon as we hear from them.

Statement from Fairprice

In a statement shared with Mothership.sg on September 27, a Fairprice spokesperson stated that they are "committed to providing good value, quality and service".

The Fairprice spokesperson also said that customers can "bring any defective products with the receipt back to the same store where they purchased the item for a full refund or exchange".

This is the full statement from Fairprice:

"FairPrice takes product quality issues very seriously, and we invite the netizen to contact us directly at our Customer Relations Hotline at 6552 2722 or at general.feedback@fairprice.com.sg to help expedite the investigation process. We also take this opportunity to assure customers that FairPrice is committed to providing good value, quality and service. Customers can bring any defective products with the receipt back to the same store where they purchased the item for a full refund or exchange."

[Update September 30, inserting statement from MamyPoko]

Statement from MamyPoko

In a statement shared with Mothership on September 29, MamyPoko Singapore said that they "will take all appropriate steps to thoroughly investigate into how the incident arose and resolve the matter".

They also "regret the unwanted stress and worry" they have caused.

This is their full statement:

"We refer to a recently reported incident where a foreign and unexpected object was found in one of our diaper products. This appears to be an isolated incident, and there is no evidence of any similar occurrence in our history.

We deeply regret that this incident had occurred and we are taking this matter very seriously as the safety and quality of our products as well as the wellbeing of our customers are of paramount importance. Accordingly, we will take all appropriate steps to thoroughly investigate into how the incident arose and resolve the matter.

We are committed to taking any and all necessary actions to make sure our products are as safe and hygienic as possible, and we have always been working diligently to ensure that our procedures and processes concerning our products are aligned with industry best practices.

Based on our philosophy of providing high quality products, we will prioritize this investigation, in order to continue to be the trusted brand of diaper like how we have been all these years.

We also regret the unwanted stress and worry that one of our mommies and her family had to go through. We offer our sincere apologies in this regard, and will reach out to the affected family to assist them in any way we can and get to the bottom of the matter.

We thank you for your understanding and look forward to your continuing support."

This is Lim's Facebook post:

Top photo composite image, photos from Vernice Lim's Facebook post.