To expect Sainsburys to remove evaporated milk with dangerous labelling

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The offending tins state 'infant feeding, contact your doctor or clinic as special dilutions may be advised' and are in 2 different sizes. I have contacted customer services by email and in store and know I'm not the only one to inform them of this error.

I know it doesn't simply say that it is suitable, but I also know of many examples of doctors and clinics giving unsafe feeding advice.

Do other tins of evaporated milk have the same labelling?

It does seem to be a case of better not say anything at all.

If someone is really so stupid that they would saunter right past the specific baby aisle when looking for milk, and pick up a tin of evap milk (hmm baby milk, conveniently located between the tinned caramel and tinned chocolate evap milk ), then I think the baby has more worries than what they are being fed tbh.

well.....we all know breastfed babies are more intelligent

ahahahahaha! Walked right into that one

The scenario is not that someone makes a deliberate choice to pick up the milk to feed a baby but that they see the label which implies it is safe having already bought it for another purpose.

The labelling simply shouldn't be there at all.

Well, if that is the case soup then why does the carton of fresh milk in my fridge not need to say "don't feed to babies just in case you're an idiot and run out of baby formula and are tempted"

Because the milk in your fridge doesn't have a label implying that it is suitable.

Can you not grasp that?

yes I can grasp that, but I don't read the label on the Sainsbos evap milk as saying it is suitable.

Can you not grasp that?

And surely if you'd be tempted to feed anything to a baby, you'd be much more likely to feed them ordinary milk and so if anything it needs a warning label more than evaporated milk.

If you're a numpty who would do that kind of thing anyway.

Yes, I can grasp that you are unable to see how it can be read.

It states that special dilution may be necessary for feeding to infants. The clear implication is that it is suitable, in some form, for feeding to infants.

The fact that people on this thread c=read it like that despite knowing it to be unsuitable kind of proves that it is misleading.

The labelling mentioning infant feeding should not be there at all.

"And surely if you'd be tempted to feed anything to a baby, you'd be much more likely to feed them ordinary milk "

I would have thought you were more likely to feed them something which clearly implies it is safe to do so.

But hathor, not very long ago people did feed their babies evaporated milk, so a parent might have a mother/MIL/grandmother saying "give them evaporated milk, it's fine, you just have to dilute it".

So you look at the tin and yes it does say - "for infant feeding - check dilution".

Now we might be talking about not very bright people, but not very bright people do have babies, and do need guidance.

Well, I don't think that "infant feeding" necessarily implies putting in a bottle instead of formula.

Infants are infants up until a year, when they will be weaning and eating normal food.

And actually, until fairly recently, in some circumstances, you could be described as an infant until you were 18.

I just think it's all a fuss over very little and if someone is really daft enough in this day and age to feed a baby enough evaporated milk often enough for it to be a problem, then they have massive problems which any HCP worth their salt should already have picked up on.

But if you do as told on the tin and go to a HCP and ask advice, you're going to be told that Auntie Jeannie is nuts and it's not the done thing, go and buy some proper formula.

But but but Soup - being Devils advocate here - if we're assuming that all parents are idiots and need labels or instructions to do everything, surely the lack of label on Haths milk could actually imply that it is safe to give to a baby?

Doesnt matter anyway, soon common sense wont be needed anymore and before we know it we'll all looking for an instruction leaflet on how to wipe our own arses.

There wad research in Canada that show.babies fed on evaporated milk from birth were perfectly healthy except for maybe lack of iron

Anyway OP - have googled Sainsburys / Evap Milk and there is a similar complaint on another forum, apparently its old packaging that was discontinued but some stores still have stock of the old tins left.

What happens when you feed a baby the wrong type of milk? Haven't any of you heard of evapman? He was fed evap milk as a baby, and now he's mutated to have special powers.

It sounds good, but think of the responsibilities on his shoulders. I'd rather my DS grew up to be a regular milkman and got to chill out at the weekends.

YANBU OP. Like lots of people have said, it has been used for feeding babies in the past and someone who is misinformed could be tempted to do so after reading that.

gribble maccy d's lost a multi million pount personal injury claim which as a result of, they put "caution - hot" on their cups. So not really them being dumbasses but some idiot who sued them for their coffee being errrr.. hot. Or maybeit was the dumbass judge who let the dumbass win that was the bigger dumbass.

Anyhoo....

And once again MN members prove that anything can turn into a bun fight.

BTW, it's not the Nanny State gone mad. It's members of the Nanny State asking the Nanny State to go mad.

I wonder if people are tempted to use it as it's cheaper than formula?

And to be fair, I bet they are quite similar (certainly taste similar!)

If you're bothered then report them to trading standards to look into (you can find the contact details via your local council website). It's easy to do by email.

I'm surprised at the number of people on here that would call someone stupid for feeding their baby in unconventional way. Many people who are illiterate or don't speak or read English would easily recognise a logo like Nestle, being a well known formula manufacturer and assume the products alongside Nestle ones to also be for babies. Many a stressed, tired, non English speaking new Dad has been sent to the supermarket in the middle of the night to buy milk for his breastfed baby when problems arise. If people phoned their health clinic and asked about diluting their tin of milk without stating clearly what it is, an HV could well give them information on the assumption that it is formula either ready prepared or powdered.

I'd be perfectly satisfied with no mention of infant feeding at all on it but was just totally shocked to see such an out of date piece of information and that it is still being sold. I never bought the milk intending to feed an infant, I was actually looking at the back of the tin for a recipe suggestion when I found the information.

Gribble I did google after Sainsburys originally advised me they only made light evaporated milk and found the other forum posting which was made prior to me contacting Sainsburys, so was very surprised they seem unaware of it.