A mum says she won't be going back to Tesco after finding strips of plastic in with her bacon. Taria Cornelius says she found her 89p Woodside Farms bacon was mixed in with long strands of plastic.
Taria was cooking bacon, sausage and eggs for her family when son Bradley noticed the plastic while pulling the meat apart. Taria said if they had not noticed the plastic “it could have sent the kids to hospital as it is a choking hazard”.
Taria told SurreyLive: “It was only 89p, so not very expensive, but that’s not the point. There is a lot of it and I have another pack in the freezer that I’m too scared to cook now in case. I don’t know if other people got hold of it too but it is quite a dangerous thing, and I reckon it should be recalled.”
The bacon with the plastic that Taria claims to have found (Image: SurreyLive - Grahame Larter)
The mum contacted Tesco and asked for a refund, but was told the only way that would be possible would be to bring the bacon into the store herself to get her money back. Taria said: “I don’t drive, and my husband is disabled." She said i would cost more to get to Tesco and back than the refund us worth.
Taria said: “Tesco just don’t care and I am never shopping there again. I have contacted the Food Standards Agency to look into it.”
A Tesco spokesperson said: “We’re sorry to hear about this. If a customer is not satisfied with a product, they can always return it to us for a full refund.”
