Federal food safety inspectors are investigating the bootleg Gatorade bottles turning up in local stores.
On Saturday night, 9NEWS reported shoppers were finding bottles with photos of Tiger Woods and his wife and the word “unfaithful.”
9NEWS sent a crew to a Denver Safeway and found additional mislabeled bottles on the shelves.
A temporary worker for Gatorade says the company sent sales reps and temps into stores Saturday to remove those bottles.
Gatorade told us it has contacted local authorities.
9Wants To Know Investigator Kyle Clark has learned the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Criminal Investigations is looking at the situation as a possible tampering or adulteration case.
Samples of the Gatorade are being tested to see if anything other than the label was altered.
9Wants To Know investigators tracked an e-mail hidden in the label’s small print to Jason Kay of Longmont.
Kay admitted he helped a friend pull of what he called a “pop art” project.
Kay said the object of the project was to create conversation.
Read the rest of this report, including how Kay said he pulled off the stunt, at at .
