Tenly Market - Products, Response

POSTED: 2:19 pm PDT July 9, 2007

UPDATED: 6:46 pm PDT July 9, 2007

Tenly Market
Southeast Portland
Shopping Trip Date: May 30, 2007

Darigold Chocolate Low Fat Milk, 1 pint - May 19, 2007
Seneca Peach Mango Flavored Apple Sauce, 6 4 ounce cups - Best by May 22, 2006
Farmland Thick Sliced Peppered Bacon, 24 ounce – Use by April 23, 2007
V8 Splash Fruit Medley, 64 ounce – February 16, 2007
Grandma's Homestyle Peanut Butter Cookies - 2 3/4 ounces - Guaranteed fresh until October 10, 2006
Indo Mie Instant Noodles Chicken Curry Flavor Rasa Kari Ayam, 2.82 ounce – Best Before March 23, 2007
Mr Kon Beef Stew Flavor Oriental Style Noodle Soup – Expires March 11, 2006
Sun Tree Key Lime Juice, 8 ounces – Best by March 2, 2007
Heinz Zesty Relish Picnic Perfect, 12.7 ounce easy squeeze bottle, July 2006
Pedigree Traditional Ground Dinner with Chunky Beef, Bacon & Cheese, 13.2 ounces – Best before September 2006
Bob's Red Mill Wheat Bran, 20 ounces - Sell by September 30, 2004
Haagen Dazs Light Dutch Chocolate, 1 pint – January 15, 2006
Gerber Graduates Cheese Ravioli, Green Beans, etc for toddlers - Various dates, including February 2007 and December 2006

FOX 12 talked to the owner of Tenly Market on June 19 and she said she checks the dates of foods every day and removes the food from the shelves if it is past the pull date, not for health reasons, but to maintain the store's reputation.

The owner said she did not think she was selling any food past the pull date. However, when we ask looked at the food on the shelves, with her permission, we found dozens of items past the pull date, including baby food, ice cream, meats and milk.

The owner said that she did not know that all of that food past the pull date was on the shelves and that she inherited some stock from the Apple Market, which used to operate out of the same building, and that she paid good money for it.

She said her workers do not all speak English, and therefore may have trouble reading the dates and pulling the foods when they are past date.