Turns out they have foolish people in New Zealand too. Who buys food and doesn't read the package. In the link, there is a picture of the package and it pretty clearly indicates that it is a dog treat.


http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/n...=1&objectid=11876840

More parents have admitted mistakenly trying to feed their children dog food after a pet snack pack featuring a well-known kids cartoon was put next to chips in a supermarket.

The store owners have apologised after dozens of horrified parents have said they bought the Scooby Snacks for their youngsters from the Whanganui Pak'n Save this week to eat at school and kindergarten.

They were shocked to discover the 30g individual carob snack treats were never intended for human consumption but were animal snacks.

Notices have gone up around Whanganui preschools and staff are checking lunchboxes to make sure children aren't eating the wrong food.

"I wondered why my boy didn't like the taste of them," posted a parent on Facebook.

One parent popped a doggie treat in her mouth after her child rejected it.

"I got these today not knowing they were dog food [and] tried giving one to my 1 year old. Lucky he wasnt hungry and I ended up eating one and spitting it back out followed by reading the packet more," she posted on Facebook.

Another parent said she bought a Scooby Snack multipack on Tuesday during her weekly shop believing it was children's food.

"I was absolutely mortified when I gave them to my daughter. She took one bite and said, 'this is rubbish'.

"I looked at the packet closely and gasped, 'Oh no, I am so sorry. I just fed you dog food'."

She said many people had been caught out by the placement of the pet-food multipack next to similar style chip multipacks.

Yet another parent admitted feeding their child the snacks, which the child enjoyed.

A multipack of shaped biscuit snacks called Scooby-Doo! and featuring the same cartoon character is also available in supermarkets.

Antoinette Laird, head of external relations, Foodstuffs NZ, said Pak'n Save displayed the dog treats in its 'Aisle of Value' area and the bin was clearly labelled as 'pet treats' but some customers mistook them for human food.

"The store relocated the product to the pet food aisle, and has since decided to withdraw the product from sale and return it to the supplier," Ms Laird said.

The product packaging states the product is a 'pet food product only, human-friendly but not recommended'.

"On reflection, we can see how the cartoon characters on the packaging might be confusing," Ms Laird said.

"We apologise for any distress this has caused to anyone who bought the product by mistake and will happily offer a refund to any customer in this position."

One concerned mother said she had contacted Pak'n Save about the mix-up. She said they appeared more amused than concerned people would buy them to eat.

She said people were often in a rush and duped by similar packaging. There was also nothing at the store to indicate it was pet food.

One young woman however, confessed to eating two packets and they tasted "pretty good tbh".

-NZME


To be fair, the dog treats are probably healthier then some of the food people typically let their kids eat or some of the things kids eat on their own. Also, probably healthier (and better tasting) then some of meals my old scout patrol cooked up for ourselves.

Ken

The picture shows a dog eating treats, come on. I guess if you put power steering fluid in the Gatorade section some fool would buy it and complain about the taste. I did eat dog biscuits as a kid though, they were not very tasty but the dog seemed to like it.

Not going to go into the story but I've eaten my share of Milk Bones

So they are shaped like Milkbones, there's a big Scooby on the bag, they say Doggy treats, and a big label says "Scooby Snacks."

I mean, come on, really...

OK, I'm going to have to take it all back. I just looked it up, and they actually made a Vanilla wafer that was called a Scooby Snack. Also, apparently, Shaggy did eat them too. Whatdayaknow.

Carry on down in NZ.

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Originally posted by sigcrazy7:
OK, I'm going to have to take it all back. I just looked it up, and they actually made a Vanilla wafer that was called a Scooby Snack. Also, apparently, Shaggy did eat them too. Whatdayaknow.

Carry on down in NZ.

I understand homeless and poor people also eat dog food. I'm sure it's not a recommended policy, though.

flashguy