A horrified shopper has been put off pork scratchings for life after tucking into a newly-purchased bag from Tesco which was four YEARS out of date.
Dawn Mitchelle, 31, picked up a pack of Mr Porky’s pork skins at her local supermarket while stocking up on snacks last Saturday.
She tucked in later that day and thought the first piece tasted a bit stale.
But when she popped the second bit into her mouth an “absolutely rancid” flavour filled her mouth and she realised they were gone off.
Dawn checked the packet and to her horror saw that the scratchings were almost FOUR YEARS past their sell by date of August 2012.
Dawn, a graphic designer from London, said: “They seemed normal when I opened them.
“The first one I ate was soft and seemed to be a little stale. The second one had more of a rind to it and tasted horrible, really rancid.
“I spat it out and turned the packet over to check the date.
“I was gobsmacked to find that I had just eaten pork skin that was four years out of date.
“I have no idea how they were still on the shelf as I picked them up from the very front.
“I really couldn’t believe it. I showed my sister the date, as I thought at first i had read it wrong.
“I had a bacon sandwich the following day and didn’t finish it as the taste of the rind was reminding me of what I had eaten the day before.”
Dawn contacted Tesco but claimed their customer services team had a blasé attitude.
They offered her a measly £3 gift-card as an apology but failed to explain why the old packet was on sale at their store in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.
Dawn added: “I don’t know what I expected them to do, but I felt that a £3 gesture of good will was insulting considering how far out of date they were.
“To be honest I feel that I was shrugged off. I could perhaps understand if it was a sandwich a couple of days out of date or similar.”
Tesco said: “We have strict guidelines in place to ensure the best before dates of products are checked regularly.
“We’ve apologised and offered a refund and have checked that all remaining products are within date.”
