Nail found in sandwich from supermarket in Fukushima

Friday 11th April, 10:27 AM JST

FUKUSHIMA —

Police on Thursday said a nail was found in a sandwich a woman bought at a supermarket in Fukushima City on Monday. Her son, who ate the sandwich, slightly injured the inside of his mouth.

According to police, the woman bought the sandwich at the supermarket around 7 p.m. on Monday. Her 23-year-old son ate it but soon complained of a pain inside his mouth. He found a 2-centimeter-long nail in the sandwich. Police say no nails were found in other sandwiches at the supermarket and no other cases have been reported from other customers so far.

The sandwich was made at a factory, checked by the metal detector there, and delivered to the supermarket on Monday. A spokesperson for the factory denied the possibility that the nail was put in the sandwich there.

The parent company of the supermarket said the sandwich was packed in a plastic tray closed simply by tape. A spokesperson said: “The nail was possibly put in the sandwich intentionally by someone at the outlet.”

15 Comments

greenteaonsens at 10:36 AM JST - 11th April

I hope they nail the culprit asap.
Altria at 10:46 AM JST - 11th April

What a vicious a-tack.

I hope they pin down whoever did this.
greenteaonsens at 10:52 AM JST - 11th April

I want to hammer home the point that they need to pin this heinous crime asap before a-tack-er strikes again.
some14some at 10:53 AM JST - 11th April

Hope this has no connection with China and news to disappear soon.
medievaltimes at 11:20 AM JST - 11th April

hmmm....seems to be less outrage than the gyoza
rjd_jr at 11:21 AM JST - 11th April

Why would there be outrage, it's not like this happened on a mass scale like the gyoza case. This is a one time fluke, hardly cause for any hysteria or outrage.
roughneck at 11:33 AM JST - 11th April

Hmmm..."Buy a Sandwich, Get a nail FREE" campaign I guess. I wonder how do you get a free hammer for that free nail!
Altria at 11:37 AM JST - 11th April

It could be a promotion for MC Hammer's new album.

"Find nail, get HAMMER" (tm)

Kid just scored himself a free album, totally sweet.
timeon at 12:16 PM JST - 11th April

> The sandwich was made at a factory, checked by the metal detector there, and delivered to the supermarket on Monday.

so all the sandwiches in Japan are checked by metal detectors? wow? I can sense an al quaida sandwich network operating here...
medievaltimes at 12:49 PM JST - 11th April

if this sandwich was imported it would be bigger news/more outrage...eventhough its a one time fluke
Patrick Smash at 01:07 PM JST - 11th April

I'm not sure I believe the family as the story sounds a bit tacky.
sincity at 01:19 PM JST - 11th April

Are all you people new to Japan???

Surely you all know that the nail that sticks out gets swallowed down.

Ba dum bum.

I'm surprised the supermarket didn't try to charge them extra for additional fillings.
evil_robot at 09:01 PM JST - 11th April

Some of those wrapped sandwiches with the crust cut off are from China. I bet the Chinese think people here are idiots when they make the food for them. What a waste to throw away the crust of the bread when making the sandwich.
GrouchyGaijin at 09:03 PM JST - 11th April

Was it a cultivated pinky-finger 2 cm nail from one of the salarymen from the train we talked about recently? You know, the one for nasal and aural cleaning? (Sorry, hope nobody was eating!)
DarkWolfMage320 at 01:15 PM JST - 12th April

Someone probably put it there. Poor dude though. I hope they fnd this evil person.