A woman who found a severed mouse head in a can of green beans is not biting the offer from an Arkansas company for USD100 provided she pledges not to take legal action.

While the letter from Allens Inc. of Siloam Springs, Ark., describes the offer as a "gesture of goodwill," Marianne Watson said isn't interested.

"I won't sign it under any circumstances," she said clarifying however she never wanted to take legal action.

Watson said she only wants to "put enough media attention on them that they either withdraw those cans or do something other than what they're trying to do, which is shut me up."

The 49-year old mother was cooking lunch for two sons Sunday when she said she found a severed mouse head in a can of Allens Cut Green Beans, which she had purchased at a Wal-Mart store in American Fork.

Calling it an isolated incident, Allens spokesman James Phillips said the mouse probably was picked up during the harvest and did not originate in the canning factory.

"We apologize as much as we can, but we also do everything known from a technology standpoint and personnel standpoint to prevent it from happening," Phillips said. "But inevitably, occasionally, things like this occur."

However, Phillips on Thursday ruled out a recall of their products.

"This would not reach the level of exposing people to illness because the product is rendered commercially sterile," he said. "Every can is cooked to a predetermined temperature and time."

Watson, who said she couldn't eat anything after seeing the severed mouse head, added she may have the mouse remnants and green beans tested.

To date, she has refused to return them to the company.