Introduction
Costco is facing a lawsuit after customers reported finding bugs in a product sold at the store. The product in question is Eat This Not That, a popular snack food. Customers have reported finding bugs in the product, which has led to a lawsuit being filed against Costco. This article will discuss the lawsuit and the potential implications for Costco and its customers.
Costco Is Being Sued After Bugs Were Found in This Product
Costco is facing a lawsuit after customers reported finding bugs in a popular product. According to reports, customers have found bugs in a product sold at Costco stores across the country. The product in question is a frozen food item called “Eat This Not That.”
The lawsuit was filed by a customer who purchased the product from a Costco store in California. The customer claims that they found bugs in the product after they had already eaten some of it. The customer is seeking damages for the distress caused by the incident.
The lawsuit alleges that Costco failed to properly inspect the product before selling it to customers. It also claims that the company failed to take appropriate action after the customer reported the issue. The lawsuit seeks damages for the customer’s distress, as well as punitive damages.
Costco has not yet commented on the lawsuit. However, the company has said that it takes food safety seriously and is committed to providing customers with safe and healthy products.
This is not the first time that Costco has been sued over food safety issues. In 2018, the company was sued over a salmonella outbreak that was linked to a product sold at its stores. The company settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount.
It remains to be seen how this latest lawsuit will play out. In the meantime, customers should be aware that there is a potential risk of finding bugs in products sold at Costco stores. If you find bugs in a product you purchased from Costco, you should contact the store immediately.
Some food recalls are initiated because of customer complaints, and one family on the West Coast is taking things a step further after buying and eating a Costco item last spring. A lawsuit against Costco Wholesale Corp. filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court on March 1 alleges that a seafood item contained live bugs after it was cooked at a home on the West Coast.
Here are all the details of the situation. (For more info about the warehouse in your area, here are 6 Things You’ll See at Costco This Year.)
A local Southern California physician says his family purchased a package of the Kirkland Fresh Wild Pacific Halibut Filet on March 18, 2021, from a Costco in San Dimas, and cooked it that same day. After he and his wife ate it, Dr. Vahid Berdjis says in the case that they gave some of the fish to their 13-year-old daughter. “As their daughter started to pick through the harmful product with her fork, numerous live worms crawled out,” the lawsuit claims, according to San Diego news station 10News.
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The family sent a letter to notify Costco of the incident less than two weeks later, but the warehouse chain has “failed to remedy the harm to [the] plaintiffs” which has only added to the “severe emotional distress and fear” from the bugs incident. The lawsuit also says “the minor children have vowed to never eat seafood again.”
The family is seeking $200,000 in damages alleging negligence, breach of warranty, products liability, failure to warn, and a violation of the Unfair Competition law—which protects against false advertising and other business practices that are meant to cause confusion.
They claim that Costco knew about the issue and failed to warn shoppers, and believe employees in food sections in the warehouse aren’t trained properly in food safety and therefore have no knowledge. Eat This, Not That! reached out to Costco for a comment, but management declined.
Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time insects or other items that don’t belong have been found in a Costco item. At the same time this lawsuit was filed, a member posted on Reddit that they found rocks in some beans from the warehouse chain. The user says they suffered a broken crown after finding them and urged Costco to put a warning on the label.
In addition, last summer another Costco shopper took to the social media platform to inform others that twice in the last two years their dog has been infested with “Drugstore beetles” that were linked to the Kirkland Chicken Meal & Rice Formula dog bones. Others commented that they, too, have experienced this.
One person suggested they freeze the bones before giving them to their dog, but the poster said they are simply not buying the product anymore.
Other members, however, are thrilled that Costco Just Brought Back These 4 Beloved Snacks.