Tesco sold me out of date baby formula!

nzmegs

Yes, I agree - not the best place for a discussion on breastfeeding, but your baby is still tiny and you could still try feeding her/him yourself. this would save you future worries about formula. this is coming from someone who breastfed one child and bottle fed another due to her having a cleft palate.So I understand both sides of the issue.

You obviously want the best for your child and we all know formula isn't the best and easiest option.

PolishBigSpender

one_hot_minute wrote: »

This isnt true. My husband is a Copo manager and he does date checks daily because the scanner cant help.

Maybe it's a different co-op? As I said, it didn't let us sell things that were past the sell-by date. I don't know how, I was working there for a short time, knew I didn't want to make a career out of it so didn't really care - just wanted to earn money to pay for the student halls and leave. But it is true.

dizzybuff

I wont comment on BF as that is not what the post is about . What I will say is , please check all the dates if you buy readymade formula, although there is no good formula , SMA is seen as one of the worst. But if thats what your baby gets on with thats what u use.

I cant really help with any other issues as i solely bf , but as with yourself , check the dates , although they are a guildeline best to be safe than sorry. make sure ur little one has regular movements that are normal and he/she should be fine.

dizzybuff

Have to say , though do what is right for u , if you have not tried bf , why not give it a go , your milk will still come in at this point and if its not for you you can stop.

Im not a bf pusher and will never condone anyone that doesnt bf , but formula isnt always the easiest option.

Amanda65

It seems to me as though, as is often the case these days, the OP wants someone else to take responsibility for an error that she was party to. Yes of course in an ideal world Tesco (or any other supermarket) would only ever sell in date products, but this is the real world not an ideal one and therefore we have to take some responsibility ourselves for what we put in our own and others mouths.

Knowing that the particular branch the OP favours often sells out of date products I would be extra vigilant.

OP - acknowledging how careful you have to be with newborns, I think if your little one was going to be affected he would have been poorly by now and you are worrying over nothing.

I think everyone's new years resolution for 2011 should be to stop looking to blame someone else for everything and take responsibility for your own actions

pebbles88

Amanda65 wrote: »

It seems to me as though, as is often the case these days, the OP wants someone else to take responsibility for an error that she was party to. Yes of course in an ideal world Tesco (or any other supermarket) would only ever sell in date products, but this is the real world not an ideal one and therefore we have to take some responsibility ourselves for what we put in our own and others mouths.

Knowing that the particular branch the OP favours often sells out of date products I would be extra vigilant.

OP - acknowledging how careful you have to be with newborns, I think if your little one was going to be affected he would have been poorly by now and you are worrying over nothing.

I think everyone's new years resolution for 2011 should be to stop looking to blame someone else for everything and take responsibility for your own actions

very good post imo. i always tend to double check dates, 1 for just in case, 2 to make sure i get the longest i can.

Hotspur

There are only two important and legal dates on foodstuffs.

Use by: for perishable goods such as milk/dairy/meat/fish where the food will go off quickly. It is illegal to sell food outside the use by date.

Best before: exactly as it says - the food will be at its best before the date printed on the pack. It should not be hazardous to human health if sold outside of this date. It is legal to sell goods outside the best before date though most shops don't.

Sell By and Display until etc. are there for the store and to assist with their stock control and have no legal standing.

OP: If the date was 'best before' then you have no legal remedy (in relation to the food) as the store have done no wrong however they have offered you something which you decided not to accept.

If the food is proven to have caused some discomfort/injury then the shops defence (in legal terms) would be limited should legal action be taken against it for personal injury.

barbiedoll

chickywiggle wrote: »

plenty of countries don't steralisese, plenty of babies live to tell the tale.

Sorry to go slightly off-topic but plenty of babies die because their mothers don't have access to clean water and sterilising equipment. That's why some of us campaign against the formula companies selling the stuff to countries where it is unsafe to use it.

OP, dried foods are still fine to use at least 3 months after a sell by date. Take your refund and £20 voucher and check the dates next time. Most of us don't check the sell-by date on our food unless it is fresh stuff, I know that don't! (And even if I do and it's a little out of date, I use my judgement. And feed it to OH first! :rotfl:)

inkie

I would put this down to experience. It's a reminder for a check to be made of dates on products before buying them - doubt that the OP will do this again!
What would I have done? Accepted the fact that the product I bought might have been beyond BB date - but then I had a responsibility to check it too before giving to baby. Shouldn't assume that it's within the BB date - as this case clearly highlights that it's not the case!
I would also have accepted the £20 offered as a very generous offer from Tesco (rather than them just offering to refund the price of the milk)

tiamai_d

As Becles said you would have seen if it was bad or spoiled.

Chalk it up to experience and move on. It is always a good idea to check dates on formula simply because it may sit in yopur cupboard for a few weeks before getting used up.

And sterilising is a different topic to milk preperation. You sterilise bottles to kill any bacteria that have came from the enviroment (your kitchen, hands, saliva from the baby contaminating used or old milk etc).