I purchased a bag of dried appricot slices from the local walmart in town. As o was walking out i grabbed a handful and started chewing them without any hesatitation only to become very ill and unstable. I put my nose to the bag and a almost passed out from the smell of what i have just digested. I turn around and went back into the walmart to voice my concern. The on duty manager asked his employees to go examine the product to see if it was an isolated case or not.
i witnessed one employee bring afew identacle bags to the front and open them and smell them, upon first smell the employee had the same reaction i did, almost passed out. Thr brand is "Joes tasty Travels" and the package reads downright healthy foods, Toronto, ON. Healthy eh? almost killed me. They asked me if i had wanted an ambulance as they called other walmarts around to remove the product imediatly from shelfs. I said no, i will drive my self to the hospital.
After about 45 mins i started breaking into a sweat and feeling these cutting pains in my stomach, I'm 52 years old and called my son to say good bye as i thought i was not going to make it. As i waited in emergency I was more convinced i ate a product that had been contaminated and my weak imume system wont be able to fight it off.
after missing the next 4 days of work i turned the corned but still wasnt able to keep any liquids down. I never even received a call from these corprate monsters to see how i was doing or for them to show any concern. All they wanted was to replace the product. At the time i was far to unstable to think logicall so didnt pursue any conversation but later thought to myself they only wanted the contaminated product back probibly to avoid any law suit for my experiences. Any how, i dont have the money to pursue a law suit but i did keep the product and handed half of it to the doctor who took my blood and than told me to call health and safety Canada.
they did show up took my story and some of the contaminated product and left to interview walmart, who coinsadently calls me and offers an appology for the products they sell and even went on to ask i was pursuing legal action.
I at the time said no because i dont have money for lawyer fees never mind a corp giant like walmart who will keep this in court for years and make me go broke.
Long story short, please people be aware of the dried fruits on sale at your local walmarts, ahd it been an elderly person im sure this would have been fatal and im not sure if im in the clear yet as health and safety has yet to contact me with the results.
I have all records of the incident with walmart documented by their staff as well as health canada. I think i deserve at least some sort of gift card but its usless to me as i would never step foot on their property again
jim
oakville, Ontario
Canada
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