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Aldi review sweet packaging as mum claims child 'stopped breathing'
Aldi is reviewing Dino Gems packaging following a choking incident involving a 16-month-old; the packet lacked an age warning, prompting calls for a 3+ label, the mother said.
- On October 22, stay-at-home mum Bethany Holden gave her 16-month-old son Brody McAllister Dino Gems bought from Aldi after dinner, and he began choking after eating half the packet.
- Packaging detail: the £1.09 Dino Gems packet contains no age restriction, and Holden says the sweets do not dissolve in the mouth, so she urges 'three plus' labelling.
- Holden and her partner immediately performed back blows to clear Brody's airway; Holden dialled 999 and a medic neighbour gave four more back blows until Brody coughed and cried.
- Hospital doctors cleared Brody and found no internal damage, while an Aldi spokesman apologised, said products meet labelling rules, and discussed packaging changes after journalists contacted them.
- Holden says the family had used the sweets before and she described the incident as 'terrifying' and said she was panicking.
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Aldi review sweet packaging as mum claims child 'stopped breathing'
Bethany Holden, from Oxford, gave her 16-month-old son Brody McAllister chewy 'Dino Gems' sweets from Aldi
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