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Little worm things in cod!

sundin13
sundin13 Posts: 481 Forumite
in Old style MoneySaving
Just got in from Sainsburys with my nice piece of taste the difference cod for tea (reduced...don't panic o/s folks). Sadly - it looks like something got there first - a little wriggly fellow who doesn't realise that we only compost vegetable matter!!!!!!!

Should I be horrified and shocked? I once took a tin of tomatoes back to Tescos because they had a caterpillar in, and the SA managed to convince me they were common as muck, and fobbed me off with 19p refund.

Well it isn't worth me going back out again for a refund, so should I just cook it well and pretend nothing has happened? Or do I have to go and kick up a stink (I'm not really a kicking up a stink kind of girl).

Advice appreciated

S13
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  • CarolnMalky
    CarolnMalky Posts: 14,254 Forumite
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    Give Sainsbury's customer service line a call. Deffo don't let it go!
    If you obey all the rules...you miss all the fun!! Katherine Hepburn
  • pandas66
    pandas66 Posts: 18,811 Forumite
    Call CS, don't just cook it and see........bleurgh! tbh

    So could you cook it and see, then eat it and see?
    A bad tummy, a day off work is not OS either. You may just taste the difference!
    Panda xx

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  • dannahaz
    dannahaz Posts: 1,069 Forumite
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    Call their Customer Service and tell them. It might be common, but it doesn't mean its right!
  • Raspberry_Swirl
    Raspberry_Swirl Posts: 1,386 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker PPI Party Pooper
    worms in fish can cause serious stomach upsets in humans.
    ring them straight away!
  • oops_a_daisy
    oops_a_daisy Posts: 2,460 Forumite
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    I bought some fresh fish once from a fish mongers - it was riddled :eek: I didnt know you could get worms in fresh fish. We were camping so had to just rinse out the wiggly things and put it on the BBQ - put me off though. I didnt realise that it could have caused an upset stomach :eek:
    definately complain
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  • kittiwoz
    kittiwoz Posts: 1,321 Forumite
    Cod sometimes have parasites living in them so it could have been there since the fish was alive and doesn't necessarily mean it isn't fresh. I think that is what Oops a daisy is desribing. I believe in this case you can safely eat the fish and it won't cause a stomach upset. I'm not sure about this so do check. It would certainly put me off though.
  • homersimpson_3
    homersimpson_3 Posts: 1,249 Forumite
    Just got in from Sainsburys with my nice piece of taste the difference cod for tea (reduced...don't panic o/s folks). Sadly - it looks like something got there first - a little wriggly fellow who doesn't realise that we only compost vegetable matter!!!!!!!
    take it back- they will send it off for analysis and ask for refund/replacement- last night someone apparently found a maggott is some raisins.
  • sundin13
    sundin13 Posts: 481 Forumite
    Thanks everyone...I did as suggested and rang the Sainsburys customer service phone number. They took all of the details and said they'd refund me for the fish and make it up to £15....so when OH came in from work I rang for an indian takeaway (yum) and chucked the fish in the bin.

    S13
  • HappyIdiotTalk
    HappyIdiotTalk Posts: 1,443 Forumite
    Good on you! I have to admit I dont think I'd have eaten it either, I like my food parasite free.
    SIMPLE SIMON - Met a pie man going to the fair. Said Simple Simon to the pie man, "What have you got there?" Said the pie man unto Simon, "Pies, you simpleton!"
  • Penelope_Penguin
    Penelope_Penguin Posts: 17,241 Forumite
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    Hi, a similar thing happened to a friend of mine. She was informed that cod feed from effluent outfall, and that's where the red worms come from.

    If the ecological arguements weren't enough to put me off eating this fish, the worms certainly are!

    Penny. x
    :rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:
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