In the US, a Michigan-based Kellogg on Monday apologised to customers over a video in which a man urinated into a Rice Krispies Treats production line. (Warning: Video contains graphic images.) The 2014 incident recently surfaced in an Internet video.
“Kellogg takes this situation very seriously and we are shocked and disappointed,” company President Paul Norman said in a news release. “While this behaviour was disgusting and criminal, this type of situation is a food-quality issue and does not present a food safety risk.”
Kellogg said that law enforcement and the Food and Drug Administration have begun a criminal investigation.
The incident occurred at the firm’s Memphis, Tennessee plant during a period of strained labour relations and potentially affected Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats, granola clusters and a few other puffed rice products that are no longer made.
According to the company, the Rice Krispies cereal was not affected.
