Yogurt

  • Posted: November 29th, 2011 - 2:04pm by Doug Powell

    A UK man who found a tooth - complete with fillings - in a tub of supermarket brand yogurt was given a 68p (US$1.05) refund when he took it back to the store to complain.

    David Casey, from Bedworth, about 163km northwest of London, said he bit down on what he thought was a piece of fudge in the Tesco's Devonshire-style fudge yogurt, only to find it was a tooth.

    Angered by the unappetizing discovery - a picture of which was published by the Coventry Telegraph yesterday (right) - he drove to the store where he bought the product to complain, and was given a refund.

    "They've said sorry for the inconvenience, but it's not inconvenient - it's disgusting," said Casey, a 43-year-old former corporal in the Royal Infantry who is currently having treatment for a tumor in his stomach.

    "I could have someone's scabby tooth in my stomach right now and that would not have been nice."

    Since his complaint the supermarket giant has twice sent Casey a £15 Tesco voucher - which he has returned both times labeling it an "insult" after the company's report into the matter suggested there was a chance it could have been his tooth.

    "I'm furious, you don't expect to be treated like this," Casey said.

    A Tesco spokesman said, "We take matters of this kind very seriously and we are looking into it."

     

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  • Posted: January 28th, 2011 - 7:54am by Doug Powell

    Looks like I picked the wrong week to start eating yogurt.

    An employee at a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, died while two employees fell critically ill after they ate contaminated yoghurt.

    The three employees ate rice with the contaminated yoghurt at a local restaurant. Soon thereafter, all of them fell sick and were taken to hospital where Khan died. A case has been registered against the restaurant owner and manager.

    Biofarm Products of New Zealand is recalling 1 litre containers of Bush Honey Yoghurt with a March 5 best before date after laboratory tests show the presence of E. coli.
     

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  • Posted: December 15th, 2010 - 8:53pm by Doug Powell

    That Jamie Lee Curtis yogurt that makes people poop has been hit with hefty fines for nonsense health claims.

    USA Today reports the Dannon Company will pay a $21 million fine and stop making exaggerated health claims for two very popular Dannon products under an agreement with the federal government and attorneys general from 39 states.

    Dannon will stop claiming that one daily serving of Activia yogurt relieves irregularity and that its DanActive dairy drink helps people avoid catching colds or flu, the Federal Trade Commission announced on Wednesday.

    The FTC charged that Dannon's ads were deceptive because it did not have substantiation for its claims. The commission also charged that Dannon's claims that Activia and DanActive were clinically proven were false.

    In one TV spot for Activia, actress Jamie Lee Curtis reassures viewers that eating Activia can help people who suffer from irregularity.

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