BOUGHT MILK THAT WENT BAD BEFORE
THE EXPIRATION DATE.
IT'S ALSO A HOT TOPIC ON
FACEBOOK, WITH THE POST
RECEIVING OVER 150
SHARES AND COMMENTS.
NOW THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH IS STEPPING IN TO
INVESTIGATE THOSE CLAIMS.
NEWSCHANNEL 15'S RACHEL RUSSELL
JOINS US
LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM.
SHE HAS MORE ON THE CRY OVER
SPOILED MILK.
RACHEL WHAT ARE PEOPLE TELLING
YOU?
TERRA, MANY PEOPLE I'VE BEEN
SPEAKING WITH TODAY ARE
FRUSTRATED WITH
HOW MANY MILK GALLONS THEY HAVE
HAD TO DUMP DOWN THE DRAIN
BEFORE
THE EXPIRATION DATE.
THESE WALMART SHOPPERS SAY THEY
WILL NOT GO BACK TO WALMART FOR
MILK ANYMORE, UNLESS SOMETHING
CHANGES.
"AND TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE
WITHIN THE LAST 5 WEEKS TO SAY
THEY'VE DUMPED 2 GALLONS AS
WELL..
MY DAUGHTER DUMPED 2 THESE
OTHER LADIES HAVE SAID THEY
DUMPED TWO AND I HAVE DUMPED 3
SO
THERE'S CLEARLY AN ISSUE." CINDY
FLANAGAN IS SPEAKING OUT
ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE WITH
WALMART'S GREAT VALUE BRAND
MILK.
AFTER HER THIRD CARTON WENT BAD,
SHE DECIDED TO POST ON SOCIAL
MEDIA TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE WAS
HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.
FB POST
150 SHARES AND 150 COMMENTS
LATER, SHE FOUND OUT SHE WASN'T
ALONE.
"AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF
DEDICATED WALMART SHOPPERS AND
THEY'VE TAKEN
THE CHOICE AWAY AS WELL..
SO MY MAIN GOAL WOULD BE YOU
NEED TO
FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND
CLEAN IT UP."
COMMENTS SAYING "I'VE HAD THE
VERY SAME PROBLEM WITH WALMART
MILK!!"
THEIR MILK HAS BEEN GOING BAD SO
FAST TO THE POINT WE CAN'T DRINK
IT
BEFORE IT'S SPOILED." SHE
DOESN'T LIKE THAT SHE FEELS
THIS MILK IS HER ONLY CHOICE
WHILE SHOPPING AT WALMART.
"THAT WOULDNT BE FAIR EITHER
BECAUSE THERES TIMES WHEN I
DON'T
BUY GREAT VALUE AND I WANT MY
CHOICE."
THE INDIANA STATE BOARD OF
ANIMAL HEALTH DAIRY DIVISION'S
SPOKESPERSON DENISE DERRER SAID
THEY INSPECT DAIRY FARMS,
STORAGE ON
THE FARM, TANKER TRUCK, AND
DAIRY PROCESSING FACILITIES.
"WELL THE EXPIRATION DATE IS
REALLY NOT REGULATED.
IT'S AT
THE DISCRECTION OF THE
PROCESSING PLANT IT CAN HAVE
DIFFERENT KIND OF
WORDING ON THERE IF YOU ACTUALLY
LOOK AT YOUR LABEL IT WILL VARY
FROM MANUFACTURER TO
MANUFACTURER WHAT'S ON THE
LABEL." WALMART SAID IN A
STATEMENT
"THE BIG CHALLENGE WITH
SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS YOU HAVE
TO STEP BACK
AND LOOK AT WHERE THE MILK IS
COMING FROM BECAUSE THAT
PROCESSING
FACILITY IS SHIPPING LITERALLY
SEMI LOADS AND SEMI LOADS OF
MILK
EVERY DAY THAT IF ALL OF THE
COMPLAINTS ARE COMING FROM
MAYBE ONE STORE OR ONE ROUTE
WHERE IT'S DELIVERING THERE MAY
BE A PROBLEM WITH THE MILK
STORING IN THE COOLING
SOMEWHERE ELSE AND IT MIGHT NOT
BE AT THE PROCESSING PLANT IT
MAY BE IN
THE TRANSPORT FROM THE PLANT TO
THE GROCER OR MAYBE THAT
PARTICULAR GROCERY STORE OR
RETAIL OUTLET WHEREVER THEY'RE
BUYING IT MAY HAVE A PROBLEM
THERE AS FAR AS THE HANDLING OR
STORAGE OR THEIR COOLING
SYSTEM."
THE INDIANA STATE BOARD OF
ANIMAL HEALTH TELLS US IT IS NOT
HEARING ABOUT
THIS BEING A WIDE SPREAD ISSUE
AND HAPPENING IN OTHER LOCATIONS
AT THIS
TIME.
LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, RACHEL
RUSSELL NC15.
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN
