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Supermarket chain Tesco has been forced to withdraw a certain type of squash after children became sick.

Consumer site PlayPennies had two complaints after the drink had made people’s childern physically sick.

One woman, writing as "littlemissnaughty", said the drink smelled "like rotting eggs".

A spokesperson for Tesco said: "We have investigated with our supplier complaints about Tesco No Added Sugar Double Concentrate Apple and Blackcurrant 750ml and 1.5l.

"A flavour additive, which is not part of the ingredients for this product, has been added in error. The additive is called Dimethyl Disulphide and is a common ingredient in food products.

"It is an approved additive and poses no food safety risk. However, it does have a strong odour, similar to garlic, which customers are likely to find unpleasant.

"Only products bought since the New Year may be affected, they will have a best-before date of October 2015.

"Any customers can return this product, open or unopened, to any Tesco store."

 

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Originally Posted by El Loro:

Supermarket chain Tesco has been forced to withdraw a certain type of squash after children became sick.

Consumer site PlayPennies had two complaints after the drink had made people’s childern physically sick.

One woman, writing as "littlemissnaughty", said the drink smelled "like rotting eggs".

A spokesperson for Tesco said: "We have investigated with our supplier complaints about Tesco No Added Sugar Double Concentrate Apple and Blackcurrant 750ml and 1.5l.

"A flavour additive, which is not part of the ingredients for this product, has been added in error. The additive is called Dimethyl Disulphide and is a common ingredient in food products.

"It is an approved additive and poses no food safety risk. However, it does have a strong odour, similar to garlic, which customers are likely to find unpleasant.

"Only products bought since the New Year may be affected, they will have a best-before date of October 2015.

"Any customers can return this product, open or unopened, to any Tesco store."

 

I saw something about that on the news  El Loro , but thanks for the heads up  

Baz

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