AIBU for wanting compensation from Morissons after getting ill from BBQ?

Thank you so much. I regret making this post, first I’m ill, now I’m being attacked and called a fool and fake.

Ok, thank you, I never knew that was a sign of being undercooked. I mean I did, but not with BBQ’d burgers. Will check on DH’s cooking next time

How was I supposed to know that? I thought BBQ meat always was like that, I’ve had BBQ’s in the past and they were like that too. Are you sure that’s the problem?

I seriously don’t understand what you’re talking about. Why is everyone on this app so rude?

The ban is on disposable barbecues - doesn’t sound like that’s what OP was using.

I thought the current advice was no bbq’s?

You need to send a poo sample to GP and get environmental health involved if you are trying to pin it on Morrisons. Keep it in the fridge, then it will be fine for testing.

Personally, I think you are flogging a dead horse if no one else is ill.

Is NO ONE taking any notice of the BBQ ban???

Had a BBQ at ours last evening. It was me, DH, our two DC, my MIL and FIL, my sister and her partner. DH popped into Morrisons at about 2:30 to get the food, including a packet of their own-brand burgers.

We started the BBQ at 6:15 and ate at about 7ish. DH was cooking while I was getting everything else ready, so I wasn’t really watching the BBQ. Luckily… it was sweltering next to it. Got my burger straight off the thing, nothing wrong with it, just that normal brown edges and that bright pink in the middle just like you get from a BBQ burger. At about 10 I started feeling really unwell and was vomiting during the night. It’s now 7pm the day after and I still feel awful. This morning I looked at the burger packet and noticed the eat by date was 14/08/26, which is the exact day we ate them.

What is making me suspicious is that it was Morrisons own-brand food, so presumably Morrisons are responsible for making sure the date printed on their packaging is correct. If the date is wrong, how are customers supposed to know whether the food is actually safe? I relied on the date when I ate it. Nobody else who ate the burgers seems to have become ill, but I don’t think that necessarily rules them out because people react differently and I may have eaten more than everyone else. I still have the packaging and the receipt from Morrisons, so I have proof of exactly what I bought and when.

I’m considering contacting Morrisons and asking them to investigate the batch and explain why I’ve become ill after eating something on the actual use-by date. I’m also wondering whether I should be asking for compensation, because if their date was incorrect then surely that’s quite a serious food safety issue? AIBU?

Never eat pink burgers
They need to be cooked all the way through - it’s a thing.
With rare or medium rare steaks, all bacteria are on the outside and so searing the outside kills bacteria
With burgers or kofte or any minced meat, the bacteria have been brought into the middle of the meat and so it should be cooked all the way through to avoid food poisoning.

Had a BBQ at ours last evening. It was me, DH, our two DC, my MIL and FIL, my sister and her partner. DH popped into Morrisons at about 2:30 to get the food, including a packet of their own-brand burgers.

We started the BBQ at 6:15 and ate at about 7ish. DH was cooking while I was getting everything else ready, so I wasn’t really watching the BBQ. Luckily… it was sweltering next to it. Got my burger straight off the thing, nothing wrong with it, just that normal brown edges and that bright pink in the middle just like you get from a BBQ burger. At about 10 I started feeling really unwell and was vomiting during the night. It’s now 7pm the day after and I still feel awful. This morning I looked at the burger packet and noticed the eat by date was 14/08/26, which is the exact day we ate them.

What is making me suspicious is that it was Morrisons own-brand food, so presumably Morrisons are responsible for making sure the date printed on their packaging is correct. If the date is wrong, how are customers supposed to know whether the food is actually safe? I relied on the date when I ate it. Nobody else who ate the burgers seems to have become ill, but I don’t think that necessarily rules them out because people react differently and I may have eaten more than everyone else. I still have the packaging and the receipt from Morrisons, so I have proof of exactly what I bought and when.

I’m considering contacting Morrisons and asking them to investigate the batch and explain why I’ve become ill after eating something on the actual use-by date. I’m also wondering whether I should be asking for compensation, because if their date was incorrect then surely that’s quite a serious food safety issue? AIBU?

You obviously didnt cook it properly

Are you in the UK? Is this a wind up or did you really think it was okay to have a barbecue last night?

I'm hoping you didn't BBQ chicken OP

Exactly. Also Canadian, I only know one person who liked hamburgers with a tiny bit of pink in the middle but at least she made the burgers from scratch.