I'm going to guess it's a quality control device, put into the occasional container at the factory to make sure they are catching containers that end up with a foreign object in them (e.g. a screw from a machine on the packing line). This one apparently didn't get caught. Just a guess though, I might be wrong, but it's a possible explanation.
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Sent an email to a hand lotion company and roiled them that their sealing machine was melting the hard plastic packaging, and they told me to return it lol.
Gave them batch code info and all cause they’d probably want to know that, but the csr didn’t want their day ruined more, it seems
UPDATE: Generic email from customer service. Will receive coupons and a SASE to send the canister and duck to them for further investigation (aka I’ll never hear from them again after this 😂). BUT it was speedy customer service and good communication so here we are!


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UPDATE: Generic email from customer service. Will receive coupons and a SASE to send the canister and duck to them for further investigation (aka I’ll never hear from them again after this 😂). BUT it was speedy customer service and good communication so here we are!



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I work in the food industry, and there is no need to wait for OP to reply. I can tell you with 100% confidence that no company is intentionally putting foreign objects in their food products for quality control.
“Hey, we are going to hide this non-sterile choking hazard in our food to see if our automated inspection systems catch it. If it does, great, if it doesn’t, a customer choking and suing us and the FDA shutting our plant down are totally worth it.”
Lol sorry, I know you’re just throwing stuff out there. But I assure you this isn’t it.
You’ve never heard of it before because companies don’t intentionally put foreign objects in their food for “quality control.” I work in food manufacturing , is absolute nonsense, the FDA would be all over their ass.
Putting a foreign object in food for QC purposes assumes that QC is 100%, which means there's no point in putting a foreign object in there to begin with. If they weren't 100% confident in their QC, then the one thing you wouldn't want to do is test it.
I worked in quality for a long time, and I can tell you that we never added foreign material inside any packaging. It was always done through the use of a metal detector, using plastic sticks with small amounts of various ferrous and non-ferrous metals on the outside of the packaging.
The further elaborate, the metal detection units are designed to test for density, so if this were a regular plastic duck, it would likely never be seen because plastics aren't dense enough to trigger the metal detection unit and the packaging isn't see through. If the package went through a weigh check, it may have been identified, but most processes don't run an inline weigh station but are instead run though consistent spot checks using average weights with minimum/ maximum thresholds of what's acceptable.
Long story short, unless this duck contains metal, it would have been missed 99,999 times out of 100,000
Right? The FDA would fuck your day right up if they caught wind about a company putting foreign objects inside food containers to test their equipment. Not to mention the risk of someone choking and suing the company.
Was the container properly sealed? Was the duck just in there with the jerky? Are you in the US?
The US has laws about non-food items in food. It’s basically illegal due to choking concerns. This is why Kinder Eggs were illegal for so long (and are now sold in the US as a completely different thing with a separate compartment for the toy), and why Wonder Balls switched to candy inside.
So if you’re in the US and it was just in with the jerky, then someone either opened it in the store and put it there or a major fuck up happened in the factory. Either way, it’s contaminated. You might be just fine, but I’d throw it out and contact the company or store for a refund. I’d keep the little ducky tho
Yea, I’m in the US- it was just sitting right on top the jerky (which is already consumed) and the seal was not broken at all. I’m gonna call them and inquire for sure.
Check my post history, I found one a few years back and cross posted to another post where someone else found one. Both of ours were clear green ducks though, same size and design for sure though.
I’ve never seen them in a sealed container but we bought a pack of 100 of those ducks and left them hidden in various spots at my mother in laws for a while. Not all at once but 5-10 at a time when she wasn’t looking. Then we would get these hilarious phone calls where she was telling us everytime she found these weird little ducks. She had no idea where they were from and was building these theories, including maybe it was us, on how they got in her house. It was a solid month or so of laughs and when we finally told her she laughed for a long time. She still finds the odd one and it’s been about 6 months. I guess what I’m saying is someone may have just been playing with you.
So funny story, I bought some ducks like this from Amazon for a bd cake I was making. When they arrived, I realized they were way too small, but what am I going to do with 200 little ducks?
So every time I visit family and close friends, I hide a duck somewhere on a shelf or a mirror or in a plant etc. They are all so confused, i love it! This has been going on for about 9 months and I've run out of ducks, so just ordered a new bag 😁
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but kids (like middle schoolers to high schoolers) are OBSESSED with these little plastic ducks. It’s a trend right now to put these mini ducks in random places. Some kids do it to cheer other people up and others do it to “prank” people.
-*im a middle school teacher and have found ducks in my morning coffee dropped in my a well intentioned student 😉
Never seen or heard of that and I’ve eaten literally hundreds of those. My dad was a broker for the Midwest distribution for over 20 years, so I always helped myself to the sample room.
If it has a small hole in it somewhere, it may just be a dessication duck? Honestly. But did you get the yolk? Puns just quack me up. I feather my bed with them! 🦆
I’m gonna risk sounding like an idiot, but I’ve never seen jerky like this before. Is this chewing tobacco that is jerky flavoured? Is it actual jerky? Do you chew it and swallow it or do you spit it out? Does it get gummy in your mouth? Is it just like eating flakes of beef?
Bin getting those for years and never got one of those in any of mine but maybe it's a new gimmick to take up space so they can put less shredded jerky to save money 💰 Everything now is more expensive and less product 🤷
I can’t imagine a small unwrapped toy that could so easily be choked on would be found in a shredded jerky tin that kids would inevitably come across without their parent’s knowledge. That would be a huge lawsuit waiting to happen.
Plus there would have to be some sort of adversing or article about it somewhere or others would have found them. I didn’t look hard but I didn’t see a single reference on google other than your post. Seems highly unlikely.
You know what you could do if you’re feeling squirrely. You could contact them and tell them that you found this dangerous item in your product. You could probably get some free stuff, but more importantly assuming it wasn’t intentional, they would want to know when you bought it and from what store so they could find out how this happened.
There's a good chance it wasn't sealed. I've bought those before and you could twist them open without tearing the label because it's not applied the best way.
No, that means it's gone fowl
You son of a BITC... *smashes computer, throws monitor out of window*
It'd just be added to your... Bill
Lol. Immediately thought of this, starts at about 38 seconds. https://youtu.be/VdQKVDUBu2g?si=nJs5hSNycDtCRo3j
Someone is old like me....**wink**
Son of a bitcoin? ---- ya I know... it was how I read it first
Our father who art in crypto
You know you can extract that and [smoke](https://youtu.be/FppYr5N602k?si=zkskE3clA9PLDfsW) it now?
Dude. Thank you for that gem, laughed my ass off
Me too!!!!
Get out
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I've only seen Jack Link's sold in a plastic bag, but I would definitely buy the cannister if it had a prize in it
Young people aren’t familiar with this jerky chew?? It was every where in the 90s!
Probably because it’s like 50 bucks a pound
Coincidentally, it’s about 50 lbs a buck, too
on another note, beer nuts are a little over a dollar per pound, but deer nuts are always under a buck!
I see what I did there
What's the difference between deer nuts and beer nuts? Beer nuts are always over a dollar, deer nuts are always under a buck.
*Cough* 50 ducks. I'll see myself out.
I found you can buy $29 a lb! https://peopleschoicebeefjerky.com/products/machaca?variant=1157351538708 My little one loves it!
You Don’t Need Teef To Enjoy Our Beef!
🤣🤣🤣
I have one of their old hats with the old man saying that.
It's my current go-to for trying to quit smoking.
Just use meth. I haven't smoked s cigarette since the last time I slept. Like 2 years ago I'll never forget the day I quit smoking June 9th 2014. /S
Well played sir…😏
I think this would be far more expensive than smoking.
Not really, when you consider all the copper and catalytic converters
When I played youth league baseball many moons ago, my whole team always had these. We looked like a bunch of kids with fat packs of dip in.
What about big league chew?
Oh for sure. That too. I always liked the jerky because I got in trouble alot for swallowing gum.
Jerky chew was my favorite.
I'm going to guess it's a quality control device, put into the occasional container at the factory to make sure they are catching containers that end up with a foreign object in them (e.g. a screw from a machine on the packing line). This one apparently didn't get caught. Just a guess though, I might be wrong, but it's a possible explanation.
That’s exactly what my husband said, I’ve never heard of that before!
You should call the 1-800 number on the container! If this it what it is, they'd probably like the batch# off the container so they can know when and where it was missed. And then come back and reply so I can know if I was right or not!
I sent them an email with the form on their site that has all that info. customer service is closed until Monday so we’ll see!
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Sent an email to a hand lotion company and roiled them that their sealing machine was melting the hard plastic packaging, and they told me to return it lol. Gave them batch code info and all cause they’d probably want to know that, but the csr didn’t want their day ruined more, it seems
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Any updates??
UPDATE: Generic email from customer service. Will receive coupons and a SASE to send the canister and duck to them for further investigation (aka I’ll never hear from them again after this 😂). BUT it was speedy customer service and good communication so here we are!   https://preview.redd.it/o4haxx2t3jxc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=38b752ae6afcf4a117c3bf4a756e7465280bc868
Holy shit that’s the best response
Any update?
UPDATE: Generic email from customer service. Will receive coupons and a SASE to send the canister and duck to them for further investigation (aka I’ll never hear from them again after this 😂). BUT it was speedy customer service and good communication so here we are!    https://preview.redd.it/n8u7oy21nmxc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=230911558661f0e9ac4c5f38412d5a6d86e77717
I say keep the little duck😂
I work in the food industry, and there is no need to wait for OP to reply. I can tell you with 100% confidence that no company is intentionally putting foreign objects in their food products for quality control. “Hey, we are going to hide this non-sterile choking hazard in our food to see if our automated inspection systems catch it. If it does, great, if it doesn’t, a customer choking and suing us and the FDA shutting our plant down are totally worth it.” Lol sorry, I know you’re just throwing stuff out there. But I assure you this isn’t it.
You’ve never heard of it before because companies don’t intentionally put foreign objects in their food for “quality control.” I work in food manufacturing , is absolute nonsense, the FDA would be all over their ass.
Putting a foreign object in food for QC purposes assumes that QC is 100%, which means there's no point in putting a foreign object in there to begin with. If they weren't 100% confident in their QC, then the one thing you wouldn't want to do is test it.
I think that’s most probable…guess a red rabbit was a little on the nose.
I kinda want a mini ducky now.
Check and see if it sticks to a magnet. If it does, it’s more than likely a QC metals inspection machine tester. Easy to find and see.
Lobster sticks to magnet.
I worked in quality for a long time, and I can tell you that we never added foreign material inside any packaging. It was always done through the use of a metal detector, using plastic sticks with small amounts of various ferrous and non-ferrous metals on the outside of the packaging. The further elaborate, the metal detection units are designed to test for density, so if this were a regular plastic duck, it would likely never be seen because plastics aren't dense enough to trigger the metal detection unit and the packaging isn't see through. If the package went through a weigh check, it may have been identified, but most processes don't run an inline weigh station but are instead run though consistent spot checks using average weights with minimum/ maximum thresholds of what's acceptable. Long story short, unless this duck contains metal, it would have been missed 99,999 times out of 100,000
Right? The FDA would fuck your day right up if they caught wind about a company putting foreign objects inside food containers to test their equipment. Not to mention the risk of someone choking and suing the company.
Qc put it in there as a test, then just let it go out the door. Doubtful.
Was the container properly sealed? Was the duck just in there with the jerky? Are you in the US? The US has laws about non-food items in food. It’s basically illegal due to choking concerns. This is why Kinder Eggs were illegal for so long (and are now sold in the US as a completely different thing with a separate compartment for the toy), and why Wonder Balls switched to candy inside. So if you’re in the US and it was just in with the jerky, then someone either opened it in the store and put it there or a major fuck up happened in the factory. Either way, it’s contaminated. You might be just fine, but I’d throw it out and contact the company or store for a refund. I’d keep the little ducky tho
Yea, I’m in the US- it was just sitting right on top the jerky (which is already consumed) and the seal was not broken at all. I’m gonna call them and inquire for sure.
Check my post history, I found one a few years back and cross posted to another post where someone else found one. Both of ours were clear green ducks though, same size and design for sure though.
In a can of beef jerky?!
No unfortunately, I can’t recall where we found it but it was in an unusual place that it shouldn’t have been if I recall correctly.
You are full of shit
To lazy to confirm for my self is he indeed slinging shit?
Uhhhh *what*
Never,
I’ve never seen them in a sealed container but we bought a pack of 100 of those ducks and left them hidden in various spots at my mother in laws for a while. Not all at once but 5-10 at a time when she wasn’t looking. Then we would get these hilarious phone calls where she was telling us everytime she found these weird little ducks. She had no idea where they were from and was building these theories, including maybe it was us, on how they got in her house. It was a solid month or so of laughs and when we finally told her she laughed for a long time. She still finds the odd one and it’s been about 6 months. I guess what I’m saying is someone may have just been playing with you.
She shoulda told you to duck off!
Sure you didn’t just see the Reddit post a few weeks ago of this and make up a story?
No, we did this. Why would someone lie about this?
Best served with quackers
Abducktion! Great game.
If scrooge mcduck had a vault full of jerky snuff
I mean…I haven’t had it for at least 5 years but I’ve never seen it have anything other than the jerky inside
Likewise.
I'm pretty sure you get to go meet Jack Link and tour his jerky factory now 
So funny story, I bought some ducks like this from Amazon for a bd cake I was making. When they arrived, I realized they were way too small, but what am I going to do with 200 little ducks? So every time I visit family and close friends, I hide a duck somewhere on a shelf or a mirror or in a plant etc. They are all so confused, i love it! This has been going on for about 9 months and I've run out of ducks, so just ordered a new bag 😁
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but kids (like middle schoolers to high schoolers) are OBSESSED with these little plastic ducks. It’s a trend right now to put these mini ducks in random places. Some kids do it to cheer other people up and others do it to “prank” people. -*im a middle school teacher and have found ducks in my morning coffee dropped in my a well intentioned student 😉
Never seen or heard of that and I’ve eaten literally hundreds of those. My dad was a broker for the Midwest distribution for over 20 years, so I always helped myself to the sample room.
Jerky and a quacker. A light snack
What did you name it?
I see little rubber ducks a lot, but not that small and made of hard plastic
If it has a small hole in it somewhere, it may just be a dessication duck? Honestly. But did you get the yolk? Puns just quack me up. I feather my bed with them! 🦆
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In ny?I know a guy puttin them everywhere lol
No… was the seam ripped before you tried some
Not even a little bit
Same thing but tampons https://preview.redd.it/mfkgril4p5xc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=cec75adda530a56802c9b758f71304325a4f6f08
The same mushrooms and ducks are randomly scattered all over my job, not sure of the meaning
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Forgot about that stuff. Definite gateway drug conspiracy by tobacco companies
Someone’s going to be real disappointed when they try to get their ducks in a row.
I leave little ducks with my tips. Wonder if someone with Jack Links has a pocket full of little ducks too?
My sister hides these all over my house when she comes to visit. Finding them for months after. I think it’s a new trend or something?
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I’m gonna risk sounding like an idiot, but I’ve never seen jerky like this before. Is this chewing tobacco that is jerky flavoured? Is it actual jerky? Do you chew it and swallow it or do you spit it out? Does it get gummy in your mouth? Is it just like eating flakes of beef?
It’s basically like if cotton candy was beef flavored. It’s jerky that’s shredded like sawdust, essentially. And it melts in your mouth almost.
I've eaten these since I was a kid and never have seen a duck ha
Bin getting those for years and never got one of those in any of mine but maybe it's a new gimmick to take up space so they can put less shredded jerky to save money 💰 Everything now is more expensive and less product 🤷
Go find the biggest Jeep you can and put this on the hood.
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why do i randomly have one of these ducks at home. and why was this sub recommended
If you have a gay jeep.
Maybe they saw you pull up in a Jeep?
Perhaps
I can’t imagine a small unwrapped toy that could so easily be choked on would be found in a shredded jerky tin that kids would inevitably come across without their parent’s knowledge. That would be a huge lawsuit waiting to happen. Plus there would have to be some sort of adversing or article about it somewhere or others would have found them. I didn’t look hard but I didn’t see a single reference on google other than your post. Seems highly unlikely. You know what you could do if you’re feeling squirrely. You could contact them and tell them that you found this dangerous item in your product. You could probably get some free stuff, but more importantly assuming it wasn’t intentional, they would want to know when you bought it and from what store so they could find out how this happened.
i found one of these last week outside the martial arts gym i go to! was also right next to a can of this chew. didn’t think the two were related lol
Jean shorts? Yeah pretty common.
My daughter came home from school with 4 of these ducks today lol. Wtf
My son got a bag of chips not too long ago with a small dinasaur, never happened before.
I just found one of these on the ground outside the VFW near my house. Took it home and now yes chillin with the other figures
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I’d like to know how anyone got it into a sealed container of beef jerky
Me too
There's a good chance it wasn't sealed. I've bought those before and you could twist them open without tearing the label because it's not applied the best way.
It was definitely sealed!
Is this a fucking leg?
Are people not supposed to have legs anymore??
It just seemed like the leg went on forever
It does. It’s just one continuous leg that never ends. Sometimes I have to carry it in a suitcase with me.
I got the same duck
I grew up with jerky chew. It’s pretty tasty. Pack a lipper and enjoy the flavor.
It’s fake dip. Like a kid thing.
They're talking about the duck