Tigard school confirms oven cleaner was sprinkled on pretzels served to students

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Fowler Middle School officials have confirmed that oven cleaner was sprinkled onto pretzels served to students on Monday.

In an email sent out to families at the Tigard middle school, officials said that the oven cleaner used was in granular form and "mistakenly applied" to the pretzels.

"Understandably, we've heard a lot of concern around Monday's food-contamination accident, in which an oven cleaner in granular form was mistakenly applied to pretzels," the email read. "We are sorry this happened. All of us at Fowler and across the District are dedicated to the well-being of our students, and when something like this occurs, it disrupts the trust that we work so hard to build."

After the incident, district officials told KOIN 6 they contacted Oregon Poison Cont