NBC Nightly News - 1993-06-15
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[0:00] And on America Closeup, a firefree free
[0:02] zone for children of waring parents.
[0:05] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Bro.
[0:10] Good evening. We've been through this
[0:11] before and it's always unsettling. A
[0:14] well-known product, Tylenol, now Pepsi.
[0:17] We assume they're perfectly safe and
[0:18] then they become potential health
[0:20] dangers. In this case, syringes,
[0:22] needles, turning up in Pepsi cans. There
[0:25] have been at least five cases. No recall
[0:28] yet, but federal authorities are
[0:29] involved. NBC's Robert Hager is on the
[0:32] story tonight.
[0:33] >> Federal and industry officials believe
[0:35] at least some of the syringe reports are
[0:37] hoaxes, and so far they say FDA
[0:40] laboratory investigation of cans from
[0:42] the incidents reveals no signs of
[0:44] tampering before the cans were opened.
[0:47] But reports keep adding up. In
[0:50] Louisiana, a woman shook a can with a
[0:52] syringe she said was there when she
[0:53] opened it. In Ohio, a woman made home
[0:56] video of what she said her family had
[0:57] found.
[0:58] >> Oh my god, it is the syringe.
[1:01] >> And elsewhere, people talked.
[1:03] >> I told my friends,
[1:04] >> there's something in this can.
[1:06] >> It came out in two different parts.
[1:08] >> It was very foul. I spat it out right
[1:10] there in front of the the store.
[1:12] >> Authorities have virtually ruled out
[1:14] sabotage at a plant. Almost all the cans
[1:16] in question came from different regional
[1:18] plants. The open cans speed through the
[1:21] production line and are automatically
[1:22] turned upside down to be sure they're
[1:24] empty seconds before they're rinsed,
[1:26] filled, and the entire top stamped on.
[1:29] If any extra weight from a for