A toddler became ill after eating a pot of fruit that was SEVEN MONTHS out of date.

Jason Colyer's two-year-old daughter Skye became sick and suffered diarrhoea after eating the little tub of Dole Fruit just bought from Morrisons supermarket in Strood.

Mr Colyer, of Medway Gate, Cuxton, was unaware of the use by date when he picked the item off the shelf.

He couldn't work out why his daughter was ill but after looking at the pot, he discovered it was not just a few days out of date - but months.

Jason, 24, said: "Skye was sick, grumpy and had a messy nappy for about 48 hours.

"She'd eaten a tropical fruit and a pineapple one, and when we looked on at the rest of the pots the date on them was 14th July, 2011."

He complained to the store via customer services and received a letter back with an apology and a £20 Morrisons voucher.

Mr Colyer was not satisfied as he felt the letter was just a "bog-standard apology", which didn't address the issue of his daughter being ill.

He added: "I felt this was just a gesture and the complaint had just been glanced at as it didn't address the issues.

"It didn't acknowledge that the fruit pots were seven months out of date and that the fruit pots were consumed. Skye hadn't even been mentioned."

He contacted Morrison's customer services again and received another letter of apology, which said the company did take these matters seriously.

Mr Colyer said: "I'm not happy about it. I want reassurances that this will never happen again to any other child.

"It was just lucky my daughter wasn't more seriously ill from eating the fruit, I wouldn't want anyone else to be ill because they picked up a product that was so far out of date.

"I used to do all my shopping in Morrisons and would spend about £600 a month there, I will be going to another supermarket from now on."

A Morrisons spokesman said: "We take the quality and safety of all our products very seriously so were sorry to hear about Mr Colyer's experience.

"We immediately investigated the remaining fruit pots and are confident that this was a one-off occurrence."

All products are regularly checked to ensure those that are out-of-date are promptly removed.

"We will be contacting Mr Colyer again to reassure him of our procedures."