PSA: Newman's Own

[z1ggy]

...Apparently had maggots in their assembly line when they made my jar of sauce. Opened up a NEW jar this morning, hear the air tight "pop" when it opened and found a juicy little maggot curled up on the threaded part of the jar.

Then, it moved.

Then, I gagged.

Then, I threw the jar away.

I understand the QA process isn't always 100% and some contaminants will get through.. But a maggot??? Come on, that's horrible. I expect something like that from a Chinese restaurant or something.

 

[shortylickens]

Extra Protein!!


:awe:

 

[Ichinisan]

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I understand the QA process isn't always 100% and some contaminants will get through.. But a maggot??? Come on, that's horrible. I expect something like that from a Chinese restaurant or something.

Doesn't sound like you actually understand. A maggot is exactly the kind of thing that's impossible for them to prevent.

I worked in a Petsmart food distribution center (high-velocity warehouse) and I've seen some pretty disgusting things. Those flies are ultra tiny and keeping them out of a food production facility would be absolutely impossible.

There's nothing you or anyone else could do differently to prevent this 100% from happening.

 

[SunnyD]

So instead of bringing it to the attention of the manufacturer and/or the grocer, you decided to just throw away your money/evidence and post about it on ATOT.

:thumbsup:

 

[richardycc]

1. should've took a video and put it on youtube.
3. profit!

 

[Markbnj]

It was alive in a sealed jar? I don't know much about the canning process, but I thought one main part of it was that the contents go in hot and the cooling off is part of what forms the area of low pressure inside the container. I wouldn't have thought something could survive through that and then live inside the jar until it was opened. Well, _something_ obviously, but not something big and squirmy like a maggot.

 

[SaurusX]

I've opened the wrapper of a granola bar and been greeted with a big fat squirmy worm before. It could have been a maggot. It's gross, but it obviously happens more often than you would think.

 

[SunnyD]

It was alive in a sealed jar? I don't know much about the canning process, but I thought one main part of it was that the contents go in hot and the cooling off is part of what forms the area of low pressure inside the container. I wouldn't have thought something could survive through that and then live inside the jar until it was opened. Well, _something_ obviously, but not something big and squirmy like a maggot.

This. But in all honesty, the seal could easily have been broken in a "hot" environment, and then cooled in transport and appeared to be fully intact. I've opened jars in the middle of summer out of the pantry only to turn around and put the room temperature leftovers into the fridge. The next day, the lid seal "pops" when I open it again. It doesn't need to be terribly hot to form a vacuum seal in the jar.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Z1ggy is trolling.....no pictures....no contacting the company.....
We suppose to take Ziggy`s word on this...hmmmm

 

[Ichinisan]

It was alive in a sealed jar? I don't know much about the canning process, but I thought one main part of it was that the contents go in hot and the cooling off is part of what forms the area of low pressure inside the container. I wouldn't have thought something could survive through that and then live inside the jar until it was opened. Well, _something_ obviously, but not something big and squirmy like a maggot.

It somehow grew in the threads of the lid, so it doesn't sound like the little guy was inside the vacuum seal or the product. They have incredibly short lifespans, so it probably got there during distribution and not in the manufacturing process.

 

[cbrsurfr]

At least the profits went to charity.

 

[z1ggy]

Z1ggy is trolling.....no pictures....no contacting the company.....
We suppose to take Ziggy`s word on this...hmmmm

It just happened this morning. I haven't had time to write the company. Besides, am I really going to spend my valuable time writing some company that will respond with some generic BS response over a $2 jar of mediocre sauce?

And no pics because I don't have an account to a picture hosting website.

 

[vshah]

And no pics because I don't have an account to a picture hosting website.

lol, this excuse always cracks me up

 

[z1ggy]

lol, this excuse always cracks me up

I don't post pics here, or on any forum often. If I do, they are hosted somewhere else becuase they are a .gif or something.

Anyway, I'm not a sadist and get no joy out of trolling, unlike many who frequent ATOT. If you don't believe my experience, that's your choice.

 

[dank69]

If you don't want maggots you shouldn't by the maggot flavor sauce. Do you know how hard it was for them to make sure the maggots stay alive through the packaging process?!

 

[SunnyD]

lol, this excuse always cracks me up

Yeah, I don't have one either. Because picasa and flickr aren't free. Needless to say I didn't roll my own or anything like that.

 

[Ichinisan]

It just happened this morning. I haven't had time to write the company. Besides, am I really going to spend my valuable time writing some company that will respond with some generic BS response over a $2 jar of mediocre sauce?

And no pics because I don't have an account to a picture hosting website.

They'll ask for some kind of batch number on the package so they can tell if there were other complaints from that batch. Then they could find/correct any issue (if there is one to be corrected).

It would be a courtesy to other consumers.

Anyway, I don't think it's necessary in this case. The lifespan of flies is so short, it almost certainly did not get there during manufacturing. It got there during distribution or at the retailer.

 

[Ichinisan]

Yeah, I don't have one either. Because picasa and flickr aren't free. Needless to say I didn't roll my own or anything like that.

Dropbox/Public folder works fine (and doesn't re-encode your files if you don't use a mobile app to upload your pictures). Imgur also works fine.

 

[midwestfisherman]

If you don't want maggots you shouldn't by the maggot flavor sauce. Do you know how hard it was for them to make sure the maggots stay alive through the packaging process?!

+1!!

 

[Schfifty Five]

I don't post pics here, or on any forum often. If I do, they are hosted somewhere else becuase they are a .gif or something.

Anyway, I'm not a sadist and get no joy out of trolling, unlike many who frequent ATOT. If you don't believe my experience, that's your choice.

imgur

 

[SunnyD]

Hey OP... you do realize Newman's Own also makes an "Organic" variety of sauce too, right? Perhaps you picked that up by mistake.

 

[z1ggy]

Hey OP... you do realize Newman's Own also makes an "Organic" variety of sauce too, right? Perhaps you picked that up by mistake.

I think one was the "Garlic & Marinara" or something like that. Maybe they thought the little maggot was a garlic piece that got out!!

 

[mikeford]

Seal is between the top of the bottle and the soft liner in the lid, maggot was outside, and as many have said almost certainly there from distribution or the retailers shelf. Some kind of food for maggots was on the outside though, which makes me think either this bottle leaked or more likely some bottle in the case broke and got sauce on the other bottles and it wasn't sufficiently cleaned off before being put on the shelf.

Maggots look disgusting, but are generally harmless, just chew thoroughly.

What is disgusting are the larvae that get into nuts used in chocolates etc., but those are from some kind of little moth, not flies.

 

[ElFenix]

a maggot popped out of your sauce jar?

 

[alkemyst]

So instead of bringing it to the attention of the manufacturer and/or the grocer, you decided to just throw away your money/evidence and post about it on ATOT.

:thumbsup:

Not to mention the same 'story' was recently posted on the Phish forums and closed by the mods there and inaccessable now.