Will she get sick from eating this and AIBU for being a little pissed off?

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I had a hospital appointment yesterday and couldn’t take DD with me (she has autism and doesn’t cope in hospital environments).

I left her at home, with my grandparents (early 70’s, still fit and active, etc) and my sister (28 years old). She is quite easy to look after, as she just goes off and does her own thing and only really needs supervising.

I spoke to my grandparents today who said that she was complaining that the chicken in the fridge was spicy yesterday when she was eating it. I then realised that these (linked below) were what she was talking about and that all 3 of them have let DD eat it raw!

I did get a little bit pissed off because firstly, it’s obviously a packet of chicken that needs cooking and it says it right on the front. Secondly, DD kept telling them that it needed cooking and they just ignored her and thought they knew better.

Will this make her sick and unwell? She ate I would say maybe a small filet of it? And AIBU for being pissed off at all 3 of them for making such a stupid mistake and not checking properly?

https://www.aldi.co.uk/product/roosters-hot-spicy-chicken-tenders-000000000580751002

Oh that's definitely raw! I take it all back! Urgh so how do they manage not to part cook the chicken??

This is true but surely you wouldn't just eat it without it being warmed up at least. A cold battered product, bleuch. Then you would have to read the instructions!

Without the shadow of a doubt here.

Yes quite! Definitely raw. Out of curiosity, does it say it's suitable for freezing? I. Wondering if they flash freeze after dunking in batter and quickly cooking to set?

Perhaps the other poster was not referring to the packaging photo - but the food shown inside the container. For example this food looks raw, judging by what it looks like in the container: https://www.aldi.co.uk/product/specially-selected-free-range-chicken-thigh-000000000000386211

Sorry for doubting you @TheHappyBug!

Salmonella and Campylobacter don’t “lurk near the bone” 🙄 They are found in the digestive tract. When the digestive tract is removed during processing or butchery, the bacteria can be transferred to the surfaces of the chicken pieces (bone, skin or muscle).

Looks raw to me.

What does it say on the back of the packet?

Does it have cooking rather than heating instructions?

I'm sure I've seen stuff over here with a warning of something like "do not eat raw/uncooked" & I used to think who on earth would need a warning like that?

Nothing wrong with clear instructions on packets. After all it's food and how would you know how to eat something... Because you have been told once

Ffs I'm annoyed on your behalf too! You've enough to be dealing with without a sick child now. Fingers crossed she will be OK.

I think this is something everyone could learn from, including DD. She will learn from this mistake that she also has a responsibility to read the packet and not just make assumptions.

I keep looking at the chicken in the link and wondering how on earth they got the crumb to look like that without cooking it and if they cooked it how did they keep the chicken raw?!?

That is what they were referring to, but coated, uncooked products you can't see the meat, and I honestly didnt realise so many people erroneously assumed that if you can't see the meat, it's cooked. They put food colouring in the batter to make it look brown, I would assume, because it's more attractive on the shelf. Didn't for a minute think people didn't know this.

They just make it like that. Colourants, mainly, I would assume.

@AquaPeer that's exactly what I'm thinking. It's clearly been part cooked to set the coating. The only thing I could think of is flash freezing after to immediately cool it down. But that doesn't seem safe to me either. Maybe they use some other chemical reaction (for want of a better term - my brain is not braining as I am unwell) that doesn't involve heat?

She doesn’t know it’s raw. She thinks it’s raw because it says it needs to be heated. You have to heat a chicken pie for 35 mins, but it’s not full of raw meat.

Its packed full of agents to preserve and stabilise it.

It's not the colouring, it's the batter itself. But to be fair it could just be how it looks in photos.

No it's actually partially cooked. I eat these

It's raw. She knows it's raw because it's raw. It doesn't say it needs to be heated by the way, it says it needs to be cooked, and nowhere says "eat hot or cold".

Yes it's partially cooked. I have eaten these

Did I read somewhere that typically, the salmonella risk in the national flock is about 5%. So 95% of chicken from UK sources is fine anyway. Obviously food poisoning does happen, food hygiene, storage etc is still important, but the likelihood is it's OK.

What, without cooking them?

And they are definitely packed full of preservatives and stabilisers, even if they are partially cooked as well. We all eat chilled or frozen raw chicken products.

What the f are you going on about? There is a lot of talk about what these are by people who don't actually eat them. I do and I'm setting it straight lol

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Crikey, how could they not find the taste and texture too weird to eat?!
I'd be surprised if there wasn't some stomach ache and maybe diarrhea.
That does seem pretty bad. I hope they'll be alright x