Boll weevils in pasta

I would post something on Facebook orTwitter.
You'll probably find them slightly more 'receptive'
Another approach would be Trading Standards or the Health and Safety Executive.
At the very least you are entitled to a refund under the Sale of Goods Act.
Large companies like Tesco should just not be allowed to get away with things like this IMHO.

Were they a kind of beetle, or tiny worms?
I often get the wormy type in dry goods and dried fruit, sometimes in unopened packets. They come from the pantry moth.
Maybe yours were different.

ps Lets hope Tesco take the pasta off the shelves.

They were beetles. Google "beetles in pasta" and you will see. I don't think Tesco will take it off the shelves. Customer services said they would phone the store.

Was this Tesco's own brand penne pasta? As I buy a lot of the stuff for grandchildren, I would like to avoid buying the brand you found the critters in for the future.

And yes, absolutely if you have had no positive response from their customer service, get it out there on Twitter or FB. I have found CS departments fall over themselves to be seen publicly to address these kind of issues.

I had a similar thing some years ago with a bag of flour from Sainsbury's. I chucked the rest of the contents of the cupboard assuming they would have "spread" and had no joy from the store whatsoever. They even suggested it was because people wanted more organic food!

Yes it was Tesco's own brand. 1kg bag of penne.

I buy fresh pasta and freeze the leftovers. Dried pasta half bags I store in jars. I must go and inspect now for creepy crawlies.

Very wise to store in jars. I am off to buy some now! I have gone through my cupboards with "a fine tooth comb". Think I am now paranoid!

I think you'll find it was the pantry moth aquagran. If you search on google there are lots of pictures of them and the grubs. When we lived abroad they were a real nuisance in thd food cupboards, but so far I haven't had a problem here. Packaging won't keep them out - they seem to find their way in however well you think you've sealed it. I've even found them in coffee jars.

Bit of a bummer if you're a vegetarian

Don't know how to post sites, but as I previously posted, try Googling (if you can be bothered) "beetles in pasta" and you will find articles and pictures. Definitely weevils!

But not boll ones - those eat cotton.

I have always had them. Even ripping out the kitchen and replacing it didn't help - they still kept coming back. Worms/maggots in the summer and the moths in the autumn.

Recently, I've managed to get some sort of control over it. Opened packets are now decanted into glass jars which stand decoratively around the kitchen. You can see how much of each item (rice, flour, breadcrums, porridge oats, nuts, etc) you've got, and you can see if anything is crawling about. But mainly, as they are sealed with a rubber ring inside the lid, there is no danger of the infection spreading.

The worms are, in fact, quite nutritious, but I've never been able to eat them.

Having said that, I have never in my life seen a cockroach, even though I have lived in quite Southern climes.

Very sorry aquagran, I was only trying to help!

I know Badenkate, and thank you. I hope I didn't sound rude!

That's OK. I know how upsetting it is to find something crawling about in your food!?

My daughter has a problem finding these in a packet of pasta, she lives in middle east and since she found them in a packet they keep reappearing in the cupboard, all normal disinfectants etc do not seem to get rid of them. Do keep checking your cupboard to make sure none escaped.

I had this with flour that was stored in glass screw top jars, though it was quite old. I presume the eggs were in the flour and hatched out. I'm careful now not to keep things too long

I always keep things for too long - the children arrive and have a chuck out whilst tutting under their breath!

the children arrive and have a chuck out whilst tutting under their breath!
DS used to do this for his DGM (my MIL), then one day he found a very slightly over the date yogurt in our fridge and said he hoped I wasn't turning into DGM; he would have to go through our fridge and cupboards regularly .

I do check and throw flour etc out if it has gone past its sell-by date; and I don't trust those new packets with a resealable stick tab, always decant them into Tupperware or a glass jar (and cut out the sell-by date and pop it into the jar).

Yes, I've seen lots of cockroaches - but not in this country.

all normal disinfectants etc do not seem to get rid of them
I think you have to use one of those insecticidal smoke bombs. (clear everything - and children - out first!).

It wasn't out of date, and was sealed with one of those plastic clips. I really hope none escaped!

aquagran was it this brand?
metro.co.uk/2013/10/22/dorset-mother-finds-hundreds-of-weevils-in-bag-of-tesco-pasta-4155938/