I ate a moldy Chips Ahoy cookie
T.M. Forrester
convenience store. The cookies were Chips Ahoy brand soft cookies, and
there were two cookies per pack. I opened one up, set down to read,
and started eating one of the cookies. I noticed the cookie had an odd
flavor to it; it tasted the way mildewed sawdust smells. After I
finished the cookie I reached into the package for the other one, and
it was then that I noticed that the remaining cookie was molded. About
40% of the cookie was covered in a white, fuzzy, cobweb-looking mold,
situated in the center. I immediately opened all the packs of cookies
to see if any others were molded, and all of them were, some in even
worse shape. I realized that I had unwittingly eaten a mold covered
cookie, and I vomited.
I don't know what to do about this situation. I thought about simply
returning the cookies and demanding my full money back, but I ate one
of the cookies, and I'm very deeply disturbed about it. I don't want
to sound like a kook or a fraud and say I've recieved undue mental
stress and anguish, but I am very mortified over this.
It's not really that I believe I deserve to college monetary damages
for this, so much as I want the people responsible for this to be
punished. What would my chances be in a court of law? Would it be my
fault, since stupid me thought I could safely trust Chips Ahoy and the
convenience store where I could eat something they sell without
employing a taste-tester, and I should have known better than to trust
them? Is it Chips Ahoy's fault? The convenience store?
Jerry Berger
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> A few days ago I bought a handful of packs of cookies from a local
> convenience store. .... After I
> finished the cookie I reached into the package for the other one, and
> it was then that I noticed that the remaining cookie was molded. About
> 40% of the cookie was covered in a white, fuzzy, cobweb-looking mold,
> situated in the center. I immediately opened all the packs of cookies
> to see if any others were molded, and all of them were, some in even
> worse shape. I realized that I had unwittingly eaten a mold covered
> cookie, and I vomited.... I don't want to sound like a kook...
> It's not really that I believe I deserve to college monetary damages
> for this, so much as I want the people responsible for this to be
> punished. What would my chances be in a court of law? Would it be my
> fault, since stupid me thought I could safely trust Chips Ahoy and the
> convenience store where I could eat something they sell without
> employing a taste-tester, and I should have known better than to trust
> them? Is it Chips Ahoy's fault? The convenience store?
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then it's too late anyway.
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Dave XYZ
Look for an toll free phone number on the package, or find a web
site. Call or send the manufacturer a message about the product, they
will want to know the product code and/or pull date, (this will give them
the date and origin of the processed food) they will also want the place
and date/time purchased. Most chips, cookies etc. are stocked by sales
venders and the food is rotated to insure freshness, but some stores buy
and resale on their own. You may get some coupons for your trouble, maybe
not. You can also call the Health Dept. and complain, they may want to
see the product and if so they will want the original product containers.
I'd suspect you got some outdated food. Molds and fungi are interesting
organisms, most are harmless but there are a few exceptions.
Carolyn Schwebel
expiration dates.
Dave XYZ wrote:
> Suggestion,
> Look for an toll free phone number on the package, or find a web
> site. Call or send the manufacturer a message about the product, they
> will want to know the product code and/or pull date, (this will give them
> the date and origin of the processed food) they will also want the place
> and date/time purchased. Most chips, cookies etc. are stocked by sales
> venders and the food is rotated to insure freshness, but some stores buy
> and resale on their own. You may get some coupons for your trouble, maybe
> not. You can also call the Health Dept. and complain, they may want to
> see the product and if so they will want the original product containers.
> I'd suspect you got some outdated food. Molds and fungi are interesting
> organisms, most are harmless but there are a few exceptions.
>
> "T.M. Forrester" wrote:
>
> > A few days ago I bought a handful of packs of cookies from a local
> > convenience store. The cookies were Chips Ahoy brand soft cookies, and
> > there were two cookies per pack. I opened one up, set down to read,
> > and started eating one of the cookies. I noticed the cookie had an odd
> > flavor to it; it tasted the way mildewed sawdust smells. After I
> > finished the cookie I reached into the package for the other one, and
> > it was then that I noticed that the remaining cookie was molded.
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Thomas P. Jabine
T.M. Forrester <tmfor...@genom.net> wrote:
>A few days ago I bought a handful of packs of cookies from a local
>convenience store. The cookies were Chips Ahoy brand soft cookies, and
>there were two cookies per pack. I opened one up, set down to read,
>and started eating one of the cookies. I noticed the cookie had an odd
>flavor to it; it tasted the way mildewed sawdust smells. After I
>finished the cookie I reached into the package for the other one, and
>it was then that I noticed that the remaining cookie was molded. About
>40% of the cookie was covered in a white, fuzzy, cobweb-looking mold,
>situated in the center. I immediately opened all the packs of cookies
>to see if any others were molded, and all of them were, some in even
>worse shape. I realized that I had unwittingly eaten a mold covered
>cookie, and I vomited.
>
>I don't know what to do about this situation. I thought about simply
>returning the cookies and demanding my full money back, but I ate one
>of the cookies, and I'm very deeply disturbed about it. I don't want
>to sound like a kook or a fraud and say I've recieved undue mental
>stress and anguish, but I am very mortified over this.
>
>It's not really that I believe I deserve to college monetary damages
Freudian slip?
Tony Dunlap
Probably the convenience store. There should be a sell-by date on the
package. If it's past, take the package back and ask for replacement or
refund, and any cleaning costs that may have incurred from you getting sick.
Any reputable establishment should gladly reimburse your costs. You can go
to a doctor if you like, but I suspect the mold is harmless. Most harmful
molds make their harm known fairly quickly.
The Avocado Avenger
>> A few days ago I bought a handful of packs of cookies from a local
>> convenience store. The cookies were Chips Ahoy brand soft cookies, and
>> there were two cookies per pack. I opened one up, set down to read,
>> and started eating one of the cookies. I noticed the cookie had an odd
>> flavor to it; it tasted the way mildewed sawdust smells. After I
>> finished the cookie I reached into the package for the other one, and
>> it was then that I noticed that the remaining cookie was molded. About
>> 40% of the cookie was covered in a white, fuzzy, cobweb-looking mold,
>Probably the convenience store. There should be a sell-by date on the
>package. If it's past, take the package back and ask for replacement or
>refund, and any cleaning costs that may have incurred from you getting sick.
>Any reputable establishment should gladly reimburse your costs. You can go
>to a doctor if you like, but I suspect the mold is harmless. Most harmful
>molds make their harm known fairly quickly.
Isn't there a chance it's not just mold - every cookie having the same
mold in the center might mean the sugar or something in the cookie
changed, perhaps from being outdated. The mold should be harmless but I
would be terrified to have eaten something cobwebby. Ick.
Still, if the first cookie tasted like sawdust, why didn't you look at
it or stop eating it?
Stacia * The Avocado Avenger * Life is a tale told by an idiot;
http://www.flinthills.com/~stacia * Full of sound and fury,
There is no guacamole anywhere. * Signifying nothing.