Should I report corner shop?
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Hi,
A bit torn on what to do here so thought I would ask for some DS opinion and advice!
The other day it was very early in the morning and I had no milk. The supermarket was not open at the time so instead I went to the local corner shop. It's not the nicest of places but it does have some fridges with food/milk etc if you are desperate. I purchased a couple of pints of milk and came home.
When I got home I put the milk straight in my fridge. Later that evening I wanted a cup of tea so opened up the milk (it was sealed properly). To my disgust it was completely off. The sell by date was not until the next day.
Given the milk was in date and correctly sealed and I got it to my place within 2 minutes and kept it in the fridge here I have a suspicion said corner shop is not refridgerating its products correctly. I told this story to a friend of mine this morning and before I got even to my suspicions he instantly said "They are trying to save money turning the fridges off at night". I have to say although I have no proof I think this is likely and the place looks and feels a bit grimy as it is. Personally of course I cannot investigate further. I do not want to confront the owners about this myself for various reasons.
My question to you DS is should I report this to the environmental health office of my local council? They stock food and cheeses and stuff in the same fridge in this shop and it is now a worry of mine somebody very young or very old or whoever could become seriously ill eating something rancid from this place. Then again, it is ONLY a suspicion from my off 2 pints of milk. What to do?
A bit torn on what to do here so thought I would ask for some DS opinion and advice!
The other day it was very early in the morning and I had no milk. The supermarket was not open at the time so instead I went to the local corner shop. It's not the nicest of places but it does have some fridges with food/milk etc if you are desperate. I purchased a couple of pints of milk and came home.
When I got home I put the milk straight in my fridge. Later that evening I wanted a cup of tea so opened up the milk (it was sealed properly). To my disgust it was completely off. The sell by date was not until the next day.
Given the milk was in date and correctly sealed and I got it to my place within 2 minutes and kept it in the fridge here I have a suspicion said corner shop is not refridgerating its products correctly. I told this story to a friend of mine this morning and before I got even to my suspicions he instantly said "They are trying to save money turning the fridges off at night". I have to say although I have no proof I think this is likely and the place looks and feels a bit grimy as it is. Personally of course I cannot investigate further. I do not want to confront the owners about this myself for various reasons.
My question to you DS is should I report this to the environmental health office of my local council? They stock food and cheeses and stuff in the same fridge in this shop and it is now a worry of mine somebody very young or very old or whoever could become seriously ill eating something rancid from this place. Then again, it is ONLY a suspicion from my off 2 pints of milk. What to do?
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Leave it at that
Seems weird to me.
Yes, food poisoning is a first world problem...
I don't think you have quite understood the concept.
I don't really care that I didn't have milk for x amount of time and drank some off milk before that. I am just a bit worried someone will become ill from rancid unhygienic food if no action is taken.
No.
1) It's a disproportionate response
2) The milk was in date
3) You can't prove how or where the problem occurred. It could be the shop not storing the milk correctly, or a problem from the dairy, or an issue with the delivery
4) You don't shop there often enough to establish a pattern
5) You're going to waste your time and the Environmental Health Officer's time too on something extremely trivial....... Sh1t happens.... deal with it and, with all due respect, get a life.
On the other hand owners and staff of shops selling foods including milk have obligations to ensure their premises comply with food storage safety and hygiene regulations and although I wouldn't wish to report the shop in question, should it come to an official inspection then provided they are complying with hygiene regulations they should have nothing to fear from any such visit or inspection.
Why get it from that shop if you didn't use it till the evening. You could have waited till the other shops had opened!
I once went into a corner shop to buy milk...got home to my little bedsit, opened the pack and more lumps came out than liquid.
I swore I would never use that shop again.
I never have. That was 32 years ago.
OP, the only way to respond is with your feet. Walk away and never use them again.
Well, yes, precisely...
You could tell Environmental Health, but obviously one person's claims will not be enough to shut the place down, and off milk is rarely more than unpleasant, but they might phone the shop to let them know, and ask them to check their fridge is working properly etc.
You aren't doing the shop a favour by ignoring it. If they do have a problem with the fridge, they might not know about it.
I think this is the most responsible way to deal with it.
In future, just take it back and tell the shopkeeper. Really, it's not that big of a deal.
It's no wonder this country is hamstrung by nanny state regulations if this is the typical reaction to a very VERY minor issue. Sounds like many of you are ready to start WW3
Hmm....is it usual to immediately stock up on items that you are running low on, even though you don't necessarily require them?
I went to Tesco one evening around 2 or 3 months ago and bought some items that had just been reduced - 2 of them were pasta pots. When I got home I noticed the use by date on one of them was the day before. I was surprised that a company as big as Tesco would sell something out of date but I guess things can slip through the net sometimes. I didn't take it back - I ate it, and enjoyed it very much!
Good luck, I hope it works our for you;-)!