Tesco has been called upon to change the packaging of their flushable toilet cleaner wipes after a man accidentally mistook them for regular toilet paper wipes.
Leon Gleed wrongly used the anti-bacterial wipes in his bathroom for days and soon developed a soreness around his rear end that he describes as a "burning pain".
The 29-year-old lorry driver says his girlfriend Sadie Williams purchased Tesco 's Active Flushable Toilet Wipes from a Tesco Express store in Rica, south Wales last month.
She then placed them near the toilet so they were in a handy location to clean the loo, which is where Leon made the error.
A few days and multiple trips to the toilet later, he had developed a nasty rash.
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After checking the packet and realising his mistake, he confessed all to Sadie who burst out laughing.
Leon says although it was a silly mistake to make, he believes cleaning products should be labelled more clearly to avoid any risk of confusion.
He said: "I thought the product was wet wipes you use to go to the toilet with - but as it turned out, that wasn't the case.
"When I developed the soreness I knew something wasn't quite right and when I checked the packaging it said 'kills 99 per cent of bacteria'.
"Sadie said to me 'how can you be so stupid', but I think cleaning products should have warning labels on them so they're more identifiable.
"I've come through the worst of it now - I had to use Sudocrem down there for a week!
"Being a lorry driver it was hard to get in and out of the truck for a while because of the constant chafing and burning pain.
"The only way I can describe it is like the night after a hot curry but ten times worse!
"I know it was a silly mistake to make but I'm convinced there's other people out there who have done the same!"
A spokesperson for Tesco, said: "We were sorry to hear about this.
"We make the labelling on our packaging as clear as possible for customers.
"Our toilet roll and related products are also in a separate aisle in the Risca Extra from these cleaning wipes."
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