Husband and toddler have eaten out of date sushi

[Sailawaygirl]

Just in a bit of a panic as DH has just called me to say that he has accidentally eaten and given our toddler out of date sushie ( tesco meal deal pack). Use by was the 17/2 !
He said there was no obvious mold or bad taste.
I'm not normally a panicky person but this is so high risk with rice! It's been in his car for the weekend so not like its been in the fridge.
He bought some fresh today but didn't realise there was an old packet from last week!
Is there any I can do. Should I call nhs 111?

this is a good idea.
Whenever I feel like my stomach is dodgy I take probiotics.

I took them for 3 weeks travelling in India, eating lots of street food etc. cooked on the side of the road and never had any stomach issues.

Haven't RTFT but they can take charcoal to bind to anything bad and pass through

I think you just need to wait. A lot of hysteria on here.

It’s not great, but realistically it’s winter. It’s not been warm until recently and if it was truly rancid he would have smelt or tasted it wasnt edible and stopped eating it. It’s probably fine.

Call 111, but they will send you to A&E because they have no other option. A&E are hardly going to pump their stomachs over this so you’re just going to have to wait and monitor them both. Seek medical advice if they get ill.

We he should have known. He’d just bought fresh refrigerated sushi. To mix that up with a pack that’s been sitting in the car (no where near close to fridge temp) for more than 7 days is extremely odd

Was there a second date OP …? 😝

Given it’s Tesco I reckon it will be fine. If it was proper fresh sushi I reckon he could have been in trouble! Fingers crossed for you all OP

Don't phone anyone, what can they do? And don't start sending the packaging off? A hospital lab is busy enough without having daft requests like that.

Monitor and see what happens, he was really stupid to have done that!

Be aware of bacillus cereus. It's a real risk with rice that hasn't been stored correctly.

I don’t think it’s absurd at all to seek medical advice before anything happens. After all, we all would seek advice if our child digested any toxins, from washing liquids to medicine, immediately (and rightly so, according to NHS advice), rather than wait and see. After a week in a car, toxins might have developed in the sushi and therefore I don’t think it’s wrong to call and say that the child potentially has digested a toxin. There’s always a lot of NHS gate keeping on Mumsnet. Please don’t discourage parents to seek medical advice because of trying to protect the NHS. 111 will do the gate keeping and will be able to tell whether or not to take any further action. Calling 111 is never wrong if there are any concerns!

Probably because she’s realised she’s getting absolutely ludicrous advice and people are piling on her dh for making a genuine mistake. Either that or she’s up to be knees in vomit.

Cleaning products definitely have chemicals and toxins in them. We know that ingesting them would fairly certainly cause harm. Whether or not the sushi was at a point of being dangerous, we don’t know. They might be absolutely fine. Food poisoning isn’t guaranteed here.

I would also always err on the side of caution where young kids are involved but I honestly don’t think this is comparable to drinking bleach.

And botulism is a real risk of eating honey but people should apply some common sense and not panic. Statistically, most people won't die from eating some stale rice.

In my world - obviously different from yours - it definitely wasn't common in 1985. I hadn't even heard of it then! And although I know about it now and have even eaten it, it's definitely 'posher', or thought of as more middle class, than McDonald's, for example.

True. Loads of posts about rice and bacteria.

Exactly.

True. Plus, what can they advise when there were no effects when she was posting? Just watch and wait.

Bloody hell some of you have your knickers in a knot. It's been quite cold up until recently. It's supermarket sushi so unlikely to be raw. The toddler only ate rice ffs. Just wait and see. Next time your dh should pay more attention.

Dear OP - scary but hopefully all will be ok. Well, this thread has enraged me - no wonder the feckin health service is over run with all the panic mongers nonsensically saying to call 111 or go to A&E before they have even had a chance to metabolise the dodgy sushi. LaurenT please have a double layer BOX OF BISCUITS - the stupidist thing Ivdvever seen on MN.
OP do keep us posted - hopefully you'll have nothing to report other than a row with your OH

Gosh, what a load of over reactions! Go to hospital? FFS!

Update?!

Not really the point of the thread but my god no wonder the NHS is fucked
the amount of people who would go to A+E 111 of GP when the person isn’t even ill yet

by all means if they do get ill monitor it and seek help if needed be when something actually happens to a level it needs medical intervention

it would be like I’m using a knife I might cut myself and get sepsis

please tell us how they are ? x

I am not the pharmacist!
There are treatments for worms! Surely you do know this. But... I cannot give you the name or brand......

I never said you were a pharmacist.
You have the wrong poster.

Honestly, supermarket sushi (and food court sushi) are not posh. It is such a common food - and a common take away. You might not eat it, but that doesn't change that.
To roll your eyes on that and poo- poo a mum's concern for her young child is pretty low. I'm willing to bet you're much nicer and supportive in real life, though. 😊