An angry dad has blasted Tesco after he found shards of glass in a pack of noodles given to his four-year-old daughter, Natasha, as part of her evening meal.

On July 26, Mark White from Upper Riding in Beaconsfield was shopping in the Loudwater supermarket when he decided to buy some Sharwood's noodles that were reduced in price, to use as part of a family dinner that night.

The packaging had some brown tape around it, but Mr White assumed that this was because the food had been reduced in price.

However, to his shock he realised as he sat down to eat that there were chunks of sharp glass and dried coffee in the noodles.

Mr White said: "When my wife noticed the glass she took the plate away from our daughter straight away. Then when we looked in the packaging we saw another six or seven shards of glass and some dried coffee as well. It looks as though Tesco had just sealed it up and tried to sell it."

Mr White who works as a landscape gardener is now furious that such a mistake could be made by the multi-million pound supermarket chain.

He also had deep concerns at the time about whether his daughter had swallowed some glass before he and his wife realised what the noodles contained.

He added: "We were so worried that my daughter might have eaten some, and there was just no way of telling if she had.

"I accept the fact that the noodles had been reduced, but they should still be checked that they are appropriate for human consumption."

Then just a few days later, Mr White was further infuriated after he made Tesco aware of the problem, only to be given a £10 voucher to use in the store.

Mr White said: "They sent me a letter of apology and a £10 gift voucher, but to be honest I found that insulting - if that is how serious they take it if there is something wrong.

"There must be something wrong with procedures if something like this can even happen just once - then there is something not right. I want to shame Tesco into explaining themselves and try and prevent this from happening to anyone else."

A spokesman for Tesco, who did not wish to be named, said: "We would like to apologise for this incident and an investigation will be carried out."