Found a maggot in Tesco frozen sweetcorn!!

sandford6016

Well, as the title suggests..... pretty gross!!! Took the rest of the bag and the offending unwelcome guest back to the shop! Apparently, we'll be written to in about 4 weeks after they've tested it and established which farm it came from?!?! We had the cost of the product refunded there and then, we'll have to see if head office send anything more!

Anyone else had something similar with Tesco?

tabskitten

Hey- at least you didn't find half a maggot!!

chalkysoil

hey! I did, although it was many years ago... I was cooking sunday lunch for my then boyfriend and tipped a bag of frozen sweetcorn into the saucepan and there was a giant maggot in it... euwww he said ... not the best of dates. Anyway I wrote to them ( but I think it was sainsbury own brand) and said "if the way to a man's heart is through his stomach I've just blown another budding romance" and enclosed the maggot. They wrote back to me ( with vouchers) and said it wasn't a maggot as such but a sweet corn caterpillar or something from when it was growing in the field

tabskitten

chalkysoil wrote: »

hey! I did, although it was many years ago... I was cooking sunday lunch for my then boyfriend and tipped a bag of frozen sweetcorn into the saucepan and there was a giant maggot in it... euwww he said ... not the best of dates. Anyway I wrote to them ( but I think it was sainsbury own brand) and said "if the way to a man's heart is through his stomach I've just blown another budding romance" and enclosed the maggot. They wrote back to me ( with vouchers) and said it wasn't a maggot as such but a sweet corn caterpillar or something from when it was growing in the field

did he come back? the fella not the maggot that is?!

Barneysmom

A whole maggot! :rotfl:

sandford6016

I'm sure I'll get a similar letter! I expect this was a caterpillar too then! They all look the same when they've been frozen for 2 months and then boiled for 5 minutes!!!

At least we didn't eat it! My wife is pregnant, so it made her feel even more sick then she already was!

Princess_Coupon

I'll check my sweetcorn thoroughly from now on _pale_, I had no idea it was such a risky food :eek:

plainsie

sandford6016 wrote: »

Well, as the title suggests..... pretty gross!!! Took the rest of the bag and the offending unwelcome guest back to the shop! Apparently, we'll be written to in about 4 weeks after they've tested it and established which farm it came from?!?! We had the cost of the product refunded there and then, we'll have to see if head office send anything more!

Anyone else had something similar with Tesco?

Yeah I bought some pre packed cooked chicken (Value £1.38) and found something on it that looked like mouse poo. Sent it back to head office. Received a £10.00 voucher and they said it had been sent somewhere and they would write to me again with explaination later. Not heard anything yet though.

sandford6016

Not sure what's worse?! Poo or a maggot!? Perhaps that should be a new MSE poll!!

chalkysoil

tabskitten wrote: »

did he come back? the fella not the maggot that is?!

yeah, but I married his friend

ssmith.73

Once had bits of a snail in some mixed veg, not sure to this day how much ended up being eaten though