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A LARGE BLACK beetle was found inside a pre-washed bag of salad purchased in a Dublin Tesco.
The woman who bought the salad told TheJournal.ie, “I normally purchase the bagged washed salads from supermarkets, and on this occasion I bought rocket/watercress in Tesco.
I was making myself a salad and was pouring the contents of the bag of salad onto the plate, when I spotted something big and black moving in the bag. A large black beetle and it was alive.
The woman added that as the pack was already washed according to the packaging, she would have thought a beetle of this size would have been picked up on during the process.
The salad was purchased in the Tesco in Clarehall Shopping Centre on Malahide Road, Coolock on Saturday 14 April.
The customer said she contacted the head office on Monday 16 April and was told to drop it into the local store, which she did the next day.
She said details were recorded when she dropped of the salad and she received a €20 voucher but that she didn’t hear back about if the sample was sent to the quality department for an investigation.
The woman said she called the store the following week and was told that the sample she dropped in was still out the back.
I am not looking for money, I am looking to gain confidence again in the product, as this was a weekly purchase of mine and now I have gone completely off bagged salad.
“I wanted to be assured that their supplier was meeting quality standards … as how on earth could a live beetle that size get through a quality check, never mind a cleaning process.”
The woman was only contacted by Tesco after TheJournal.ie made contact with the store about the case.
She was told that all products go through rigorous quality checks and hers was an exception.
However she said, “It’s back to butterhead lettuce for me from now on.”
TheJournal.ie asked Tesco if it sent the sample to a quality department for investigation and if it made any changes to its systems since the beetle was found.
In a statement a spokesperson for Tesco said, “We have extremely high standards for our products we put on our shelves and our growers work hard to inspect our salads carefully, so it’s extremely rare to hear of this sort of incident.
All of our bagged salad produce is sourced from approved suppliers, washed and quality checked before being delivered to stores. We are investigating how this may have happened with our supplier.
“We have tried to contact the customer directly to apologise for the inconvenience caused and to offer a gesture of goodwill by way of further apology.”
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They can send either of them two in the photo to Ballinamore, we’ll keep an eye on them.
They need new blood. Best of luck kids.
Like, is this totally your vehicle like.
I for one believe that thos two Gardai will live a happier lives than other gardai because men will do whatever they ask
Cos they’ll be f*** all use on the streets of Ballymun…
somebody in the department of justice has ocd with the number 5!
5 Garda units. One Garda recruit to each unit would explain the fascination with the number 5.
A week on The beat in ballymun will soon wipe those smiles away.good luck to them they’re going to need it.
Well those two,can handcuff me anytime they like.
I’d like to take down their particulars.
The one on the left looks like a bit of a plank if you ask me. I’d say she wouldn’t know her asp from her elbow.
Nice gentle posting for the lucky 5 who got Dun Laoghaire.
This is not going to be a popular statement but the Gardai have lost effectiveness by being overly feminised. The force is gender balanced in accordance with political correctness but then has to counter criminality, often violent that is 90% male. They have no credibility on the street. If you are getting the head kicked off you by a bunch of thugs, who do you want to arrive? A pair of strong agressive GAA type Gardai or two Barbai?
But as everyone here keeps saying….. Ahhh sure aren’t they lovely!!
For once David your not talking Shite!
The force is not gender balanced, there are far more male gardaí than female. The size of the garda is of little consequence nowadays as practically everyone knows how hamstrung they’ve become by the system. There’s no deterrent coming from the courts so the gouger knows he’s little chance of being locked up, even if he assaults the garda. The ombudsman is only too keen to prosecute gardaí on the flimsiest of cases so if the garda does anything to the gouger he ends up in bother, regardless of the justification. If the garda does have to get physical with the gougers, the world & his wife whips out the camera phone in order to capture the ‘police brutality’ and he or she ends up in a clickbait article here with the do-gooder mob baying for their blood.
Lugs Brannigan himself could rise from the grave to go back on the beat and it would make no difference, ‘society’ doesn’t want that sort of policing anymore.
The majority of those recruited are still male, the gender balance isn’t going to change soon. That vast majority of the time, you don’t get the luxury of deciding who gets to deal with an incident; whoever is available gets sent.
ah the guards are going to look mad young now…
She has a smile that could take away the pain,as she sprays the pepper spray into your eyes .
all the best to all of them, I hope they blend with the area and build good relationship with the public.
Congratulations to you @mdmak33…..you’ve won Miss World.
There was a time when the big tall guard was feared by kids in an area…not anymore. If you are going to have young small guards patrolling the streets then arm then fur gods sake…even a Batton or taser
They’ve always had batons & pepper spray has been issued for a few years now. There was a time when you got good jail time for assaulting a garda; now you’ll get feck all & can make a complaint against the garda for looking at you sideways, with no comeback if it turns out you were lying. Why would you fear them?
Jaysus Bán Gardaí didn’t used to look like that. Saw a young Ban Garda last year – fully made up with lipstick on while working – thought it strange.
ban gardi you can be arrested for that now!
I’m hoping the two in photos are in the online unit.
Sgt.Yates you sexist dinosaur!
There are no Ban Gardai anymore. There are Gatdai who get maternity leave and Gardai who don’t get maternity leave.
Nice.
Those five Garda gone to Portlaoise would be better off in Portarlington! that way with the officers that are already here the station could open 24/7. at the moment Port might as well not have a Garda station it’s open 9 a.m to 1 p.m then open from 8 p.m to 9 p.m outside those hours you have to ring Portlaoise guards to come over by the time they get here you could have robbed five shops and get a clean getaway
New guards should be assigned to big stations first to learn the ropes.
Doesn’t matter how many or where they’re allocated. Two weeks in their new stations and they’ll be indoctrinated into the lazy, slovenly ways of their senior colleagues.
Class2015. Started.training this year?collect 5 packets.of crisps.and become a garda ha
God you’re hilarious altogether. Any other good ones there for us?
Loads Marty
Class of refers to when you graduate. Everyday is a school day.
Looks like some one in Garda HQ done a lot of research to where the garda were needed the most.Then got there phone out Garda dived by stations = 5 with Waterford getting the short straw
hmm beautiful faces, wouldn’t mind to get arrested :P
There is no crime in Roscommon then? Where is our hero Fearless Frank Feighan? I hear hes a stand in on the Conor McGregor fight!
So Carlow is grand no need for guards no crime here? ? ?
The Garda on the left would make a great stripper if a career in the guards doesn’t work out for her. Not sure about the one on the right though.
One can always rely on some dick to demean women.
If you prefer male strippers then that’s fine I won’t hold it against you.
The figures are incorrect.
Count again Claire
It’s not the number in total, it’s the allocation.
County Claire.
Simple yet Brilliant !
Aren’t they lovely in their little hats!
More prisons needed as the Gardai are simply chasing the same people around every day, such a waste of their time. More prisons with longer sentences needed in order for the decent people of Ireland to feel safe in their homes. SF would let the existing prison population out tomorrow as they are soft on crime – they don’t have a problem with child abuse or elderly people being beaten up as they have members who have a history of the same crimes.
Mindfilirish
You need a mind flush as your brain is full of sh&t
Can either of them see over the steering wheel in the police car ???
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