Quote:The Wanganui Chronicle reports that the "Scooby Snack" brand treats - complete with pictures of Scooby Doo - were accidentally placed near the crisps and snacks aisle in a local Pak'nSave supermarket. It appears that customers may have mistaken them for similarly-packaged bone-shaped biscuits featuring the mystery-solving canine.
According to the paper, the product packaging states they are a "pet food product only, human-friendly but not recommended", a fact not noticed by many parents until it was too late. Now notices have gone up in local schools advising adults to check lunchboxes.
However, the Foodstuffs company, which owns the Pak'nSave chain, insists that the dog treats were not placed near the snacks meant for children, and were clearly labelled as being for pets.
Packaging confusion
Spokeswoman Antoinette Laird told the Newshub website that "Unfortunately it appears some customers mistook them for human food," and the store has now withdrawn them from sale. "On reflection, we can see how the cartoon characters on the packaging might be confusing!" she said.
Parents on social media were aghast, with one saying "I wondered why my boy didn't like the taste of them". Another posted "A child at work had these today. By the time I saw it she had eaten all of them."
One parent described the entire episode: "I was absolutely mortified when I gave them to my daughter. She took one bite and said, 'this is rubbish'... I looked at the packet closely and gasped, 'Oh no, I am so sorry. I just fed you dog food'."
According to Newshub, the Scooby Snacks "are advertised as supporting bone strengthening and skin- and coat-health". These are not likely to be an issue for young children, it says.
Reporting by Alistair Coleman
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(06-24-2017, 10:59 AM)Awful Llama Wrote: What practical, responsible, 21st century parent doesn't want their child to have strong bones and a healthy coat?  Next they'll be saying they don't want them to have a cold nose.  Smh  

(06-24-2017, 11:12 AM)CageTheBengal Wrote: You thought they were human snacks because they were near the other human snacks. OK I get that but how do you open the box and not get smacked in the face by cheap dog treat smell?

It's not like it smells appealing and everybody knows what they smell like.

(06-24-2017, 03:57 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Well guys, looks like we're the only ones to see the humor in parents being so careless, as to inadvertently give their kids dog treats. 

(06-24-2017, 09:38 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: When we were kids we jumped up in the back seat when the car took a hill so we could get air.  We played with lawn jarts  that were little more than glorified spears.  Bike helmets?  Pffft, give me a break.  Kids today are soft, and their parents enable them every time they freak out over something as innocuous as this. 

(06-24-2017, 11:24 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Lets not forget drinking out of the garden hose, learning to drive without seat belts, 5 friends eating off the same plate, jumping off roofs into snow drifts, cruising through the country with 5-6 friends in the back of a pickup truck, jumping ramps oh my? What else can we remember? Our youth today are total, over protected wimps. Wussies!

(06-25-2017, 10:08 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Haha we used to feed my neighbors little brother dog treats.   The kid is an engineer now, so maybe the dog treats helped.

(06-24-2017, 11:24 PM)HarleyDog Wrote: Lets not forget drinking out of the garden hose, learning to drive without seat belts, 5 friends eating off the same plate, jumping off roofs into snow drifts, cruising through the country with 5-6 friends in the back of a pickup truck, jumping ramps oh my? What else can we remember? Our youth today are total, over protected wimps. Wussies!

(06-26-2017, 12:14 AM)samhain Wrote: I tried to feed my wife and one of her friends some dog treats at a Christmas party a few years back.  They were from some fancy dog treat bakery here in town.  The treats looked just like Reese's cups.  I put them on the cookie tray with the regular candy and cookies and waited.

My wife got wise to it quick and for some reason didn't eat any.  She's never been big on sweets.  Her friend, however, went to town on those things.  She ate two of them, making faces the whole time she chewed and wondering why they tasted so terrible.  By the third one I lost it and fell out of my chair laughing.  

Miraculaously, we're still friends with these people.

(06-27-2017, 12:17 PM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: I just ate dog food two weeks ago. it was dry food, I won't try the wet stuff.  there was nothing wrong with it that I could tell. 

I've had treats too.  the best treats are the ones with some peanut butter in them. 

its no big deal to eat dog food. 





but cat food.....now that's a different story.  that stuff is rancid!

(06-27-2017, 01:03 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Everyone needs a line they won't cross.