Man Says Subway Baked A Knife Into His Bun

New York Sandwich Lover Serves Up A Lawsuit After He Says He Almost Bit Into A Blade

(CBS/AP)  A man claims that he was nearly cut when he found a knife baked into the bun of a cold-cut 12-inch sandwich he bought at a Subway restaurant in New York City.

John Agnesini says he knew his lunch didn't taste right. The 27-year-old says he was horrified to find a 7-inch serrated blade in the bread.

He says it was protruding into the half of the sandwich he was about to start chomping on and that it "could've slashed" the side of his mouth.

Agnesini told CBS News Early Show anchor Harry Smith that he bit into the handle of the partially melted knife handle, but did not swallow any of it.

Instead, he says he fell ill with "severe stomach issues" for hours after eating. He attributes it to food poisoning from the embedded blade.

"He reached out to Subway and unfortunately there hasn't been much of a response," Agnesini's lawyer Yetta Kurland told Smith. "We've gotten calls from around the country with other people saying that there've been same or similar incidents happening. We're certainly going to investigate that and we'll be looking into any other health code violations."

Subway spokesman Kevin Kane says food safety and customer comments are taken "very seriously" and that the company is "investigating the facts."

"I think the crux of this lawsuit is really about public health and public safety," Kurland said. "It is unbelievable to us that a food product could contain such a dangerous object in it. Most of us as New Yorkers and probably throughout the country really rely on restaurants and food service industries to provide safe eating for us."

Agnesini says that he has not been back to the Subway restaurant since the incident.

[amiller68701]

i work at a subway in neb how did they cut his footlong in half and not no it was there also they come frozen a bout the size of a bread stick he is full of it

[marcpcbs]

First we have hundreds of cases of E-coli and now there are numerous accounts of objects being baked into bread.

Who is handling and preparing our food these days?

[rushlimpdrug]

This story cuts both ways.

If the guy bends over and pushes,
the "knife"will instantly pop out.

[erasmus81]

This guy is full of c-r-a-p.


"I once bit into a piece of plastic in a hamburger in a restaurant. I brought it to attention of the manager, without causing a scene, which was met with profuse apologies, his picking up the tab for myself and my companion, and replaced the burger with another that was extremely good. I thanked the manager, properly tipped the waitress, and exited the establishment. I felt no harm, no foul, but never ate there again." Posted by greygrrl at 11:21 AM : Jul 17, 2008

This is what happened to me, only it wasn''t plastic, it was a piece of rusted metal. It looked like a piece of barbed wire. It is a wonder it didn''t cut my mouth. They even offered me a couple of free meals. I said, "NO THANKS".

[jtdev1]

Subway dough is frozen, shipped from the supplier.

Those knives are only found on the counter for the woker to slice the already cooked bread. There is no way the knife could have accidentally fallen into the dough prior to cooking it (as it''s frozen, then proofed, then baked)

Either someone delibratly put it in there between the proofing and baking step or the guy is lying...

[buttonjockey]

I lived in New York for a short time and I learned that NYers are not shy about complaining when something is wrong. If I found a knife in my sandwich, I''d certainly bring it to the attention of the manager and cause a scene if necessary. NYers do this naturally!

This is no doubt a fraud:
1. How does a 7 inch blade hide in a 6 inch half of a sandwich?
2. Food poisoning is caused by bacteria which cannot survive the length of time it takes to bake bread at oven temperatures.
3. It''s laughable to think that the lawyer has been getting any honest reports of this happening around the country. If this kind of thing happens, it''s always an isolated incident. A Subway conspiracy? Get real!
4. Where''s the evidence? A knife baked into the bread will leave a characteristic UNCUT pocket in the bread, unlike inserting a knife into already baked bread. What moron would have failed to report this and keep the evidence?

I wonder if there''s security camera tapes?

[justsane-2009]

mr. agnesini apparently didn''t pay attention to how the sandwiches are assembled before he came up with this hare-brained scheme. there is simply no way that a knife of that size would not have been found during the assembly process--in fact, it''s more likely that an employee would have been hurt by it than that it actually make it''s way all the way to a customer''s mouth.

additionally, the dough is not made on site, but at a factory which ships the frozen pre-formed loaves to the stores. given that those bakeries are highly automated and work with massive batches of dough, i can''t imagine where in the production process that itty-bitty knife might have been used. give it up sir, before you find yourself under arrest for attempted extortion...

[extremophil]

Fast food.....on the cutting edge.

[greygrrl]

I once bit into a piece of plastic in a hamburger in a restaurant. I brought it to attention of the manager, without causing a scene, which was met with profuse apologies, his picking up the tab for myself and my companion, and replaced the burger with another that was extremely good. I thanked the manager, properly tipped the waitress, and exited the establishment. I felt no harm, no foul, but never ate there again.
He needs to man up, quit being such a money grubbing wuss-loser and just talk to Subway about it. I bet they''d apologize (profusely) and give him a year''s free sandwiches or something alone those lines(since he''s obviously looking for "compensation") . He was horrified? Shoot, horrified is when you come close cutting off a finger with a power saw or when you see yourself heading for a horrible car accident and you narrowly escape at the very last moment. Or you are a store clerk and a thug bursts in and points a gun between your eyes. I thought New Yorkers where supposed to be tough. I don''t think the boy is suited to life in the big city. Grow up! You weren''t cut, it was an accident, quit grubbing for money, and talk to them. Be a man.

[luvny-2009]

The guys a goof!

[wmuroach]

SUBWAY CUTS ALL THEIR BREAD IN HALF BOTH WAYS. THE IS NO WAY THAT THE KNIFE WOULDN''T HAVE BEEN FOUND BY AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE CUTS IF NOT BOTH.
THIS WHOLE THING SOUNDS LIKE A HORRIBLE SCAM TO MAKE MONEY OFF A RESPECTABLE RESTURANT.

[xraytwonine]

seriously, all customers eyeball each subway employee''s every move so how can this happen? if you ever worked for food services you will understand that unless you want to put a knife in someone''s food it is quite impossible to be so forgetful to leave an entire knife in someone'' food

[lcp2214]

I saw this news story this morning and was disappointed in how Harry handled it. He was overdoing as if it was such a terrible thing. Was it wrong? Yes? Do accidents happen? Yes. To everyone. It just seemed like he was egging the guy on that this was some awful terrible thing that Subway had done.

[nssherlock1]

Looks like Jerrod has gone ghetto!

[republic1776]

Doesn''t Subway cut the 12" sandwiches in half.
Wouldn''t a 7 inch blade be exposed?