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LIVE. CAROLINE HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? REPORTER IT HAPPENED HERE AT THE PANERA BREAD OFF SUNSET DRIVE. OFFICIALS TELL ME AN EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTALLY CUT THEIR FINGER THROUGH THEIR GLOVE. AND DIDN’T NOTICE UNTIL THE FOOD HAD ALREADY GONE OUT. >> MY SISTER TOLD ME, I THINK THAT’S BLOOD. I TURNED THE BALL AROUND AND THERE IS BLOOD POOLING ON THE PLATE. IT’S ON THE SIDE OF THE BOWL. >> SARAH WEHSE WAS WITH HER SISTERS AND FRIEND AT THE WAUKESHA PANERA ON MAY 24 WHEN SHE MADE THE GRISLY DISCOVERY. SHE SAYS THE SERVER TRIED CONVINCING HER IT WAS JUST DRESSING. >> I BROUGHT IT UP TO H LIKE, THIS HAS TO BE BLOOD. IT CANNOT BE DRESSING. REPORTER: SHE GOT A REPLACEMENT SALAD, BUT FOUND BLOOD AGAIN. >> 15 MINUTES LATER I GOT ANOTHER SALAD AND I WAS DURING MY DRESSING AND AS I WAS EATING IT, -- I HAD ALREADY EATEN SOME, AND I SAW A PIECE OF LETTUCE, A YELLOW PIECE OF LETTUCE, OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE THE BLOOD ON I REPORTER: THE SISTERS SAY BEFORE LEAVING, PANERA’S MANAGER ADMITTED TO THEM AN EMPLOYEE HAD CUT THEIR HAND AND BLED ON THEIR FOOD. NOW WORRIED ABOUT INGESTING A STRANGER’S BLOOD, THE FAMILY HAD PANERA TEST THEIR EMPLOYEE FOR HEPATITIS AND HIV. THIS REPORT SAYS BOTH CAME BACK CLEA THE WAUKESHA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS INVOLVED NOW. I WENT TO THE WAUKESHA PANERA AND SPOKE TO THEIR MANAGER. >> I’M ACTUALLY NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE OUT ANY INFORMATION BUT IF YOU WANT TO REACH OUT TO THEM YOU CAN. BUT AT A CAFE LEVEL WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE OUT ANY INFORMATION. >> YOU CAN’T TELL ME IF THE INSPECTOR IS WORKING WITH YOU ALL? >> I CAN’T TELL YOU ANYTHING. I DO APOLOGIZE. IT’S OUR POLICY. >> CAROLINE, IS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATING? REPORTER: YES, HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS TELL ME THEY HAVE SPOKEN TO THE MANAGER AND EMPLOYEE HERE. IT IS THE FIRST ISSUE THEY HAVE EVER HAD WITH THIS PANERA. A PANERA SPOKESPERSON DID GET BACK TO ME AND SAID THEY ARE AWARE OF THE SITUATION, AND ARE WORKING WITH THE CAFE AND THE GUESTS TO ADDRESS

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Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions that may be disturbingA teen was eating her salad at a Panera Bread in Wisconsin when she noticed it was covered in blood. "My sister told me, 'Oh my God, I think that's blood,'" said Sarah Wehse, of Muskego, who ordered the Fuji apple salad with chicken. "I turned the bowl around and there's already blood pooling on the plate, it's on the side of the bowl. I don't know how the server didn't see it when she was giving it to us."It happened at a location in Waukesha near Sunset Drive on May 24.Wehse and her sister said when they tried telling the server about the blood, the Panera employee insisted it was dressing. "Dressing doesn't look like that. I've never had a salad from Panera that has bright red dressing like that," said Rachel Wehse, Sarah's sister. When they sent the salad back, a new salad was delivered, but it had blood in it, too. "I took it up , I had the lettuce in my hand and was like, 'It's on here again, this has to be blood, it cannot be dressing, how does that happen twice?'" Rachel said. "Again, they tried convincing me it was dressing, not to worry about it, but then the manager came up and gave us a refund."She said the manager eventually admitted one of the employees had accidentally cut themselves through their glove and bled on the food unknowingly. "I don't understand how someone can cut their finger and not notice that they're bleeding if they're working with their hands," said Rachel. "I was traumatized, I was crying and I tried to hold myself together," said Sarah. "I've never had something like that happen to me before, and I was scared I was exposed to something."Wehse's mother had Panera test their employee's blood for hepatitis and HIV, in case Sarah ingested it. Both tests came back negative. The Waukesha County Public Health Department told WISN-TV they investigated the incident and that this is the first issue they've had with that Panera. WISN-TV went to the Waukesha Panera and spoke to the manager. She did not give any comment. A spokesperson for the company sent the following statement:"We are aware of the situation and are actively working with the café and the guests to address it."Wehse and her family were issued a full refund and given several coupons to come back to Panera, but she said she likely will not go back. This report originated from WISN-TV.