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Was sold vegetables covered in chemicals

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  • 27-06-2017 12:35am
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    sallyanne12
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    I bought a bag of carrots in a well known supermarket and upon grating them realised they smelt very very bad. I made a complaint to the food safety authority and they found that they were covered in a dangerous chemical. I am utterly disturbed by this as I was going to serve this to my toddler. I find it so disturbing that our vegetables can be meddled with in this way and probably leads to cancer long term. Is there anything I can personally do about this? Can I sue the supermarket? What are my options?


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    SuperSean11
    Registered Users Posts: 1,555 ✭✭✭SuperSean11


    sallyanne12 wrote: »
    I bought a bag of carrots in a well known supermarket and upon grating them realised they smelt very very bad. I made a complaint to the food safety authority and they found that they were covered in a dangerous chemical. I am utterly disturbed by this as I was going to serve this to my toddler. I find it so disturbing that our vegetables can be meddled with in this way and probably leads to cancer long term. Is there anything I can personally do about this? Can I sue the supermarket? What are my options?

    What did FSA actually say/Do?


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    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    You realise, of course, that every vegetable and fruit you buy is covered in chemicals that eventually cause cancer? IMO you've no course of action as there was no damage, as the obvious smell alerted you to the fact there was something wrong, and the FSA was the correct course.

    Buy organic, grow as much as you can yourself, even if it's just on a windowsill and do what you're already doing, giving it a sniff and a pkes, washing a peeling it.


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    ibarelycare
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    What exactly would you sue them for?


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    BlinkingLights
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    What chemical were they covered in ?


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    Dial Hard
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    Well this is a head-scratcher and a half.


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    El Tarangu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,615 ✭✭✭El Tarangu


    Op - if you regularly eat carrots without washing (and perhaps peeling) them, you are going to run into trouble eventually.

    If, on the other hand, you give the carrots a quick rinse under the tap before preparing them, you will be fine. Even if they were covered in 'chemicals'.


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    nuac
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,769 Mod ✭✭✭✭nuac


    Mod
    A very wise lawyer ( not me ) said you should never go to law unless there is really no other alternative.
    Thanks STC, ET and others
    I think we will leave it at that
    Closed


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    Canis Lupus
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    BlinkingLights wrote: »
    What chemical were they covered in ?

    Vitamin A :pac::pac::pac:


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