Doughnut mistake poisons Co-op customers in Shropshire july 9, 2015
Doughnut mistake poisons Co-op customers Shropshire branch accidentally poisons customers with cleaning fluid
Shoppers at the Oswestry branch of Co-operative Food were left with serious bouts of sickness, after eating jam and custard doughnuts that had been tainted with cleaning fluid.
According to The Daily Mirror one family, from Wrexham in North Wales were struck down by sickness and diarrhoea, while a woman from Oswestry complained that she felt the roof of her mouth had been burned by the doughnuts, which 'tasted like Detol'.
She took the rest of the doughnuts back to the store, and after the assistant manager tasted one, they were cleared from the shelves.
Environmental health officers were called, and they found that doughnuts sold by the store last Monday contained a cleaning fluid. On further investigation they concluded that the baking trays used for the doughnuts had been left soaking in cleaning fluid for too long, and during baking the fluid had transferred to the doughnuts.
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The store told the Mirror: "The matter has been thoroughly investigated and an isolated issue regarding the correct cleaning process for our oven trays was identified. This has now been addressed." It added: "We are committed to offering consistently high-quality products and service and, we are sorry that this product fell short of those expectations."
Shoppers at the Oswestry branch of Co-operative Food were left with serious bouts of sickness, after eating jam and custard doughnuts that had been tainted with cleaning fluid.
According to The Daily Mirror one family, from Wrexham in North Wales were struck down by sickness and diarrhoea, while a woman from Oswestry complained that she felt the roof of her mouth had been burned by the doughnuts, which 'tasted like Detol'.
She took the rest of the doughnuts back to the store, and after the assistant manager tasted one, they were cleared from the shelves.
Environmental health officers were called, and they found that doughnuts sold by the store last Monday contained a cleaning fluid. On further investigation they concluded that the baking trays used for the doughnuts had been left soaking in cleaning fluid for too long, and during baking the fluid had transferred to the doughnuts.
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The store told the Mirror: "The matter has been thoroughly investigated and an isolated issue regarding the correct cleaning process for our oven trays was identified. This has now been addressed." It added: "We are committed to offering consistently high-quality products and service and, we are sorry that this product fell short of those expectations."
The Co-operative Employees
The Co-operative Employees
Due to a processing error customers who shopped with The Co-operative Food or used a petrol filling station on 7 July 2015 using a credit or debit card were charged twice. We would like to apologise to all those affected, and reassure customers that refunds will be made directly in to their accounts within 24 hours. We will also reimburse any customers who have incurred bank charges as a result of this error. These customers should contact our customer careline 0800 0686 727. |