Current Events > A Sydney mum had accidentally fed her kids dog food

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Sydney mother Tania Toomey was shopping in the biscuit aisle of a Woolworths store when she figured the treats featuring Scooby-Doo – a character from a popular children's show – would make a fair snack for her kids come lunchtime.



"I bought these from the biscuit isle [sic] next to the Tiny Teddies at Woolworths on Concord Rd, North Strathfield," she wrote on the supermarket chain's Facebook page. "Put in lunch boxes and kids came home and said 'yuk, they are disgusting'."

A second look helped her understand why the Scooby Snacks didn't resonate.

"On closer inspection they are DOG treats. How many other families are feeding these biscuits to children?"

Scooby Snacks have print upfront that reads "pet food only" and a tag on the top left corner that says "individual doggy-bags", but the discrete labelling and the placement in the snack aisle duped Toomey – as well as a number of other shoppers.

CHOICE understands Woolworths does sell a range of Scooby-Doo biscuits, including some intended for children. Woolworths is describing the mix-up as a one-off.

"Woolworths can confirm that a single packet of Scooby Snacks dog biscuits was accidentally placed in the biscuit aisle…last week and subsequently purchased by a customer," a spokesperson told CHOICE.

The company confirmed the product is stocked in the pet food aisle, but a photo posted to Woolworths' Facebook page last month shows a box of them being sold alongside Tiny Teddies and Arnott's Shapes.

"I was shocked…that an item intended for animals was being sold alongside human food," wrote Dave Wolf in late July, who took and posted the photo.

"How many people have fed these to their children without knowing? I guess the numbers would be high."

Some of the 700 people who commented on Wolf's post claim to have bought the dog food from the snack aisle.

"Woolies I have done [sic] this mistake," writes Waina Peakman. "I actually bought these and they were in the snack aisle. My poor daughter ate almost half of the pack before I even noticed they were bloody dog biscuits."

Another woman made the same mistake when she was shopping at a store in Queensland.

"This happened in Woolworths Benleigh also," writes Acacia Warren. "My kids came home complaining they were disgusting and salty and it wasn't until I read the bag in detail I realised it was dog food."

The supermarket chain replied to Wolf's post, inferring at the time that the store had simply made a mistake.

"Hey Dave, it sounds like you have a mystery for us to solve in one of our stores," the reply began, which was riddled with Scooby-Doo references.

"We hope we can go back to being best buddies again when this mystery is solved.

"Perhaps we can celebrate the end of this mystery with some real (human food only) Scooby Snacks?"


https://www.choice.com.au/shopping/packaging-labelling-and-advertising/packaging/articles/woolies-mix-up-leads-to-kids-accidentally-being-fed-dog-food-290817
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Kelystic posted...

daughter ate almost half of the pack

:V
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https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/400-current-events/75716074

already posted ahmed
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I was expecting it to be some bogan suburb but Strathfield is fairly close to the cbd isn't it? I shouldn't jump to judging entire suburbs

Havign said that however what a moron, the bag was in the dog food aisle which is not near any other food aisles. Only an idiot would not notice it was dog food.
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damn i searched for "dog"
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ModLogic posted...

https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/400-current-events/75716074

already posted ahmed

Not there

Stupid bitch.
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She was dumb to buy them, but that being said they look pretty convincing
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Are dog treats designed to be tasty to dogs or will dogs just eat anything?
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I like the mental gymnastics she goes through because she's too stupid to extensively look at the packaging of something she intended to feed her children.
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The kids were later destroyed
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"On closer inspection they are DOG treats. How many other families are feeding these biscuits to children?"

Probably none. Good parents read the fucking box
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I can't really blame her. It was in the wrong aisle and they do sell human version of scooby snacks
obviously she should have double-checked the bag, but it's not like she picked up some milkbones and gave them to her kids
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Ever eat a milkbone? That's good eating
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thompsontalker7 posted...

She was dumb to buy them, but that being said they look pretty convincing

Yeah, they could've used a real dog's picture instead.
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ColdOne666 posted...

Havign said that however what a moron, the bag was in the dog food aisle which is not near any other food aisles. Only an idiot would not notice it was dog food.

Not according to the company spokesman. According to them the dog food was in the biscuit aisle by mistake.

I hope she didn't fuck them up by feeding them that.
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you didnt expect her to be white
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She says her kids said they tasted disgusting....then said her daughter nearly ate half a bag....

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Colorahdo posted...

Are dog treats designed to be tasty to dogs or will dogs just eat anything?

dogs will eat almost anything. dogs have only a fraction of the taste buds that we have. Humans have the most advanced sense of taste of any species. most animals go more for smell than taste in food

eston posted...

The kids were later destroyed

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lolamericans posted...

you didnt expect her to be white

Yes I did.
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My brother ate dog food once. After he ate it, he peed on the couch and chased the cat. Had to smack him with the newspaper to get him to stop barking. The cat was never the same after that.
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lolamericans posted...

you didnt expect her to be white

It's australia... pretty sure the majority is white