Updating the food tampering story: the grocery store is investigating. We received two phone calls. The first was a bit disturbing, with a staff member asking us questions indicating he was clearly uninformed about the case. Later in the day a second staffer called, demonstrating far more competence, and indicating that he thought this an isolated incident. Investigations continue.
We also informed our lawyer, and The Consumerist.
I'm definitely far more nervous as I open every container from a store: orange juice, cheese, whatever. And feel more confident in the food we've made (eggs, goat).
Web 2.0 feedback continues to be excellent. We've gotten a stream of advice and support from kind folks via comments on the previous blog post, via responses to my Twitter feed, and by Flickr. Crowdsourcing how to handle this has been very beneficial. Among other things, these replies are reassuring emotionally and practically. I don't know where this goes next, but it's already a useful example of social software helping offline life.
Here's a photo of the package, right after discovery. Needle positioned over ironic label for greater visibility:
Here's the needle alongside a US coin, for scale:
More updates as they come.
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