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This incident looks similar to the KFC story by Vinay Chand earlier today.

John Agnesini, 26, is a magazine designer and resides in New York. He bought a foot-long Subway sandwich in late June and he took the first few bites without any problems. But then he spotted a knife protruding out of the bread’s crust.

Agnesini told Reuters:

If I didn't look at it, I don't know what would have happened…That's the last thing you think about a sandwich you eat all the time.

His colleague called the Subway restaurant company to complain about this but they didn’t offer any apologies. So Agnesini filed a lawsuit in Manhattan state court and is seeking $1 million in damages.

Subway spokesman Kevin Kane responded today with the below statement:

At Subway restaurants, we take food safety and customer comments very seriously. We are aware of the complaint made and are investigating the facts alleged. As a pending legal matter, we cannot discuss this matter further.

Yetta Kurland, Agnesini’s lawyer said they are filing this case on health grounds and are also investigating to see whether it was an intentional or malicious act.

Most likely it must have been the cook or an employee must have accidentally dropped the knife in the dough machine they use to bake bread. But I seriously doubt that Subway will want to do this deliberately, they are not dumb enough to seriously hurt their business.