Over the last couple of years the popularity surrounding Greek yogurt has grown. Touted as being full of protein many are exclusively opting for this style of yogurt which is sold under many different names including Chobani Greek Yogurt.

Recently a woman eating a container of Chobani Greek Yogurt encountered something she did not expect. Rather than the yogurt or a piece of fruit, she found several pieces of plastic. The pieces were discovered when the she bit down and felt and heard a crunch.

Fearing that she may have ingested some of the shards of plastic the woman headed to the hospital emergency room for an X-ray. She was concerned that ingesting sharp pieces of plastic could ultimately cause internal damage to her body. Fortunately it does not appear that she ate any of them.

In addition to making sure she was okay, the woman also contacted the maker of the yogurt and she was not happy with its response. Though a representative offered the woman the choice of free yogurt or coupons for the yogurt, the business did not appear to take any additional action. It did request that she send the company the shards.

The woman believes that a recall for the yogurt should have been issued. At this point it does not appear that there have been any other reports of plastic shards in Chobani yogurt. It is possible however that someone else could encounter them with a result that was not a good, for example, resulting in serious internal injuries. Should this occur, that person could seek financial damages for the injuries by filing a products liability lawsuit.

Source: KJCT8, “Fruita woman finds plastic shards in yogurt,” Shannon Ballard, Feb. 18, 2013

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