A man wants Tesco to change the packaging on its toilet cleaning wipes after being left with a "burning pain" when he mistakenly used them as loo roll.
Leon Gleed, 29, was left confused after developing soreness before realising he had been using anti bacterial toilet cleaner wipes. His girlfriend Sadie Williams, 29, picked up Tesco's Active Flushable Toilet Wipes from a Tesco Express store in Risca, south Wales last month.
She placed them in the bathroom next to the toilet where Leon mistook them for toilet paper wipes. A few days and multiple trips to the toilet later, Leon had developed a nasty rash.
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He checked the packaging of the wipes and confessed to Sadie - who he said 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.
Leon from Cwmbran in Wales, 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 percent 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 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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