How much did Sudan 1 cost you?

Former_MSE_Andrea

Poll Title: How much did Sudan 1 cost you? The recent food scare has rumbled on and on. However, as well as the health risks, we've had to throw away the stuff in our cupboards. What was the value of your household's stock of Sudan 1 food?

a. Under £10 worth of stuff, all thrown away
b. £10 - £50 worth, all thrown away
c. Over £50 worth had to be ditched
d. Took it back to the shop to claim a refund/new product
e. I didn't bother to check; it's not a big problem
f. I don't have that type of food
g. I had them but am using them anyway

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trafalgar_2

I didn't have any of the foods on the list in my home,which surprised me a little.:)

payless

Maybe a good place to point out that its not Lea and Perrins Worcester Sauce (now part of HP Foods - owned by Danone Group)

thats effected but Crosse & Blackwell ( Premeir foods)



http://www.leaperrins.com/alert_uk.php

http://www.premierfoods.co.uk/news/press/press_home.cfm

no 741 on http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmedm/50301e01.htm
GOOD

Galtizz

Hubbys Aunt ate one of the affected products on the night the news came out (she'd fed the left overs to the dog). She found out and was in such a panic about herself and the dog, she was phoning everyone 'Oh, what shall I do, should I go to the doctors? should I take the dog to the vets?'

All the while she was on the phone the dog was sat on her lap and she was smoking a cigarette :rolleyes:

I didn't have any of the products - March grocery challenge on the old style thread, money and health saving :beer:

Plasticman

Galtizz wrote:

All the while she was on the phone the dog was sat on her lap and she was smoking a cigarette :rolleyes:

The dog was smoking a cigarette? They don't have any consideration for their owners, do they. :rotfl:

worldtraveller

...kept the packaging of three items I had consumed and waiting for someone to take out a class action lawsuit so that some/all of these companies get their a**es sued for criminal negligence!

nitejar

I would have expected a poll on this site to have the option
"returned to shop for a larger refund than I paid for it!"

nitejar

Lismenary

The local NISA supermarket has a notice up saying they'll take back the offending artcles. Got a refund on six beef and tomato pot noodles today.
Seems Tesco and the other locals (Iceland and Co-Op) don't offer to do this - or if they do they don't advertise it. Iceland has a list up but don't say they will refund.
Don't think I have anything else on the list but it seems NISA will take it back anyhow.

stormshelterdave

Sorry if this is classed as off topic (or even, in bad taste)

A Customer walks into a Store !

Customer: Worcester sauce crisps please !

Shopkeeper: Sorry can't, it's off the shelves, cancer scare.

Customer: Oh right, Chinese Chicken Wings ?

Shopkeeper: Ah that's the same , Cancer scare

Customer: Hamburger Relish?

Shopkeeper: Cancer scare

Customer: Sausage and Mash ?

Shopkeeper: Cancer scare

Customer: Cottage Pie ?

Shopkeeper: Yes, ...no wait, Cancer scare.

Customer: So they're all off the shelves because of a Cancer scare ?

Shopkeeper: Yes

Customer: (sigh) Just give me a packet of fags then.

Shopkeeper: Certainly. £4.50 please.

Customer: Thanks

rammell

Whilst the last post was intended as a joke (I presume ;-) ), isn't it sad that it is actually true. The fact is that the risk posed by Sudan 1 is considered to be extremely small.... in fact, almost zero. Yet look at the response it has got.

Compare that with the fact that millions of people are injesting known lethal carcinogens in the form of tobacco products 365 days of the year, year in and year out, all with the approval of the same government that banned Sudan 1.

So here's my latest MoneySaving idea.... STOP SMOKING!

From: Anti-smoker (and proud of it!).

ps. I think the Worcester Sauce flavour crisps taste a bit better now knowing that there's a bit of risk involved in eating them.

robnye

the fright didnt cost me anything...

food dont last that long in my house...... :rolleyes: