‘OMG it was gagworthy’: Brisbane mum’s Facebook food warning

WOOLWORTHS has pulled a batch of Macro Organic baby food from its shelves after a Brisbane toddler spent the night vomiting after eating product.

Mouldy baby food pulled from shelves

WOOLWORTHS has pulled a batch of Macro Organic baby food from its shelves after a Brisbane toddler spent the night vomiting after tasting the ‘gagworthy’ product.

Mother Nikki De Bondt used Facebook to warn about the mould she found after her children “gagged and almost vomited” after tasting Baby Macro organic apple, banana, pear and mango puree.

After one of her children spent the night vomiting, she updated her post — now shared more than 50,000 times: “UPDATE: ELKA UP VOMITING ALL NIGHT. DO NOT GIVE TO YOUR CHILDREN”.

“OMG it was gagworthy”, the mother wrote of what she discovered when she cut open the pack and squeezed out the contents.

The photo of the mouldy baby food has shocked people on Facebook, with people saying it was “disgusting” and “revolting”.

Contaminated product alert!! Hey peeps, a heads up that Ollie and Elka tasted this baby macro organics squeezey pack...

Posted by Nikki De Bondt on Wednesday, March 9, 2016

“I took it back to Woolworths where they have agreed to send it away for testing,” she said.

Ms De Bondt posted the product and batch number so people could check their cupboards for the puree.

She said Woolworths had referred the case to the Queensland Health Department to investigate and the supplier had been notified.

“The contaminant has been sent off for testing and the entire batch has been removed from the shelves,” she posted.

“Woolworths have been keeping me up to date regularly. Will keep everyone posted when results come back.”

A Woolworths spokesman confirmed the batch in question had been taken from shelves following the woman’s complaint.

“We have been in touch and begun an investigation with our supplier. We have also taken from our shelves products from this batch,” the spokesman said.

“Woolworths takes the safety of our products very seriously and was concerned by this report from one of our customers.

“We always encourage any customer who has a problem with any Woolworths products to get in touch so the issue can be investigated.”