Q&A: What to know about razor blades found inside South MS Walmart baked goods
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- Biloxi police investigate razor blades placed inside Walmart loaves and muffins.
- Incidents occurred Dec. 5, Dec. 8 and Dec. 14 at two Biloxi Walmart locations.
- Police urge customers to inspect baked goods, photograph findings and report them.
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Authorities are investigating this week after several customers reported finding razor blades inside bakery products bought at Walmart stores in Biloxi.
Customers and employees have found the sharp blades inside muffins and loaves of bread, according to Lt. Candace Young, a spokesperson for the Biloxi Police Department. No injuries have been reported.
Police arrested a 33-year-old woman on Tuesday.
Here’s what to know.
What foods are involved?
Customers and Walmart employees have found the razor blades inside loaves of bread and a few muffins, according to the Biloxi Police Department.
Police have not specified what kind of muffins or bread were affected.
What stores are involved?
The razor blades have turned up in two stores in Biloxi: The Walmart Superstore on CT Switzer Sr. Drive and the Walmart Neighborhood Market on Pass Road.
Police said Tuesday that no razor blades had been reported at other Walmart stores across the Mississippi Coast.
When were razor blades found?
The Walmart Superstore on CT Switzer Sr. Drive received the first complaint on Dec. 5, according to police. Store employees found no other compromised products and assumed it was an isolated incident.
A customer at the Walmart Neighborhood Market on Pass Road also reported finding a razor blade inside a product on Dec. 8, police said. That store also found no other razor blades and assumed the case was isolated.
Another customer reported finding a razor blade Dec. 14 at the Walmart Superstore on CT Switzer Sr. Drive. Employees searched the merchandise and found several other items with razor blades inside, according to police.
Police began investigating the cases shortly after.
What should you do if you bought baked goods from Walmart?
Police are asking customers to carefully check for sharp objects inside any baked goods bought from Walmart stores in Biloxi.
What if you find a razor blade?
Anyone who finds razor blades should handle them with caution and contact the police department, according to Young, the department’s spokesperson.
“We want to know how many victims could potentially be out there,” she said.
Customers can take photographs of how the blades were found but should not pull them out of the bread, Young said.
Have any arrests been made?
Police announced Tuesday afternoon that Camille Benson, 33, of Texas, had been arrested on suspicion of hiding razor blades inside the baked goods.
This story was originally published December 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM.