Video: Woman drinks lye that was placed in ice tea

CCTV has captured the moment an unsuspecting customer drank tea in a restaurant which has been accidentally spiked with the same chemical used to clean deep-fryers. In the video, Jan Harding, 67, takes a quick sip from a cup of iced tea she poured out of a self-serve machine at Dickey's Barbeque, in Utah Immediately, Mrs Harding spits out the drink and rinses her mouth. She can be seen bracing herself against the counter until restaurant staff arrives. The tea had been laced with lye, an odorless chemical that is used for degreasing deep fryers. Even after just one sip, Mrs Harding's esophagus was left burned, with deep ulcers forming and forcing her to stay in hospital for two weeks.