Tot gets sick eating seven month old fruit pudding
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by Lynn Cox
A toddler became ill after eating a pot of fruit that was SEVEN
MONTHS out of date.
Jason Colyer's two-year-old daughter Skye became sick and
suffered diarrhoea after eating the little tub of Dole Fruit just
bought from Morrisons supermarket in Strood.
Mr Colyer, of Medway Gate, Cuxton, was unaware of the use by
date when he picked the item off the shelf.
He couldn't work out why his daughter was ill but after looking
at the pot, he discovered it was not just a few days out of date -
but months.
Jason, 24, said: "Skye was sick, grumpy and had a messy nappy
for about 48 hours.
"She'd eaten a tropical fruit and a pineapple one, and when
we looked on at the rest of the pots the date on them was 14th
July, 2011."
He complained to the store via customer services and received a
letter back with an apology and a £20 Morrisons voucher.
Mr Colyer was not satisfied as he felt the letter was just a
"bog-standard apology", which didn't address the issue of his
daughter being ill.
He added: "I felt this was just a gesture and the complaint had
just been glanced at as it didn't address the issues.
"It didn't acknowledge that the fruit pots were seven months out
of date and that the fruit pots were consumed. Skye hadn't even
been mentioned."
He contacted Morrison's customer services again and received
another letter of apology, which said the company did take these
matters seriously.
Mr Colyer said: "I'm not happy about it. I want reassurances
that this will never happen again to any other child.
"It was just lucky my daughter wasn't more seriously ill from
eating the fruit, I wouldn't want anyone else to be ill because
they picked up a product that was so far out of date.
"I used to do all my shopping in Morrisons and would spend about
£600 a month there, I will be going to another supermarket from now
on."
A Morrisons
spokesman said: "We take the quality and safety of all our products
very seriously so were sorry to hear about Mr Colyer's
experience.
"We immediately investigated the remaining fruit pots and are
confident that this was a one-off occurrence."
All products are regularly checked to ensure those that are
out-of-date are promptly removed.
"We will be contacting Mr Colyer again to reassure him of our
procedures."
Thursday, February 09 2012
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