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After its cow-llosal mis-steak was printed on milk cartons sold across the UK, Tesco has now acknowledged that it has been using a picture of a Guernsey cow on cartons of Jersey milk.
The supermarket giant has now said the correct picture will be added to the bottles in future.
Unfortunately that means the product sold will continue to be Jersey milk, but it will be branded with a photo of the correct cattle breed.
Pictured: The query over Tesco milk made it on to the Dull Men's Club on Facebook.
The error was pointed out by April Frances, a member of the 'Dull Men's Club' which is a Facebook group with 145,900 members.
It features discussions on topics like how long traffic lights remain on each colour for, and the variation in the number of segments in satsumas.
Ms Frances is from Jersey and she pointed out that bottles of Jersey Whole Milk have pictures of Guernsey cows on them.
The post sparked hundreds of comments, including many from people asking what are the differences between the two breeds of cow.
In response to the post, some of the dull men responded calling it an "udderly" disgraceful mix-up, a "moo-mentous fail" and a "missteak".
Now Tesco itself has said the correct photo will soon be used on the bottles.
“Our Finest Whole Milk recently changed from milk from both Guernsey and Jersey cows, to solely Jerseys. We are in the process of updating the photo on the bottle to a Jersey cow,” the supermarket said.
Pictured: The differences between Guernsey and Jersey cattle are well documented.
The mix-up led to micky taking by other companies, including Guernsey headquartered Specsavers which said "Udder've gone to Specsavers" while the Farmer's Guardian reported on the criticism aimed at Tesco for its mix-up over the breeds.
The Guernsey breed is fawn or white in colour, often with patches of the two. Considered "hardy and docile" the cattle are renowned worldwide for the milk produced.
Jersey cows are similarly renowned for their milk, but traditionally, they are smaller animals than the Guernsey breed with colours across all shades of brown, from light tan to almost black.
They often have a lighter band around their muzzles with dark hooves and a dark switch of hair on the end of their tails.
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