Loaded apologizes to Heinz over Nazi slur
Published:10-April-2008
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Loaded, a men's magazine, has apologized to Heinz after it falsely claimed that the company made swastika-shaped spaghetti for the Nazis from 1937 to 1945, revealed media reports.
In a column called 'Pointless But True', the magazine maintained that Heinz manufactured swastika-shaped spaghetti. To ridicule the so called product, a picture of a tin bearing the label 'Heinz Swastika Spaghetti in tomato sauce' was also published.
A Heinz spokesperson said: "Perhaps the article came from one of those weird internet rumors that are not based on facts. Whatever the origins, the magazine clearly chose not to check the facts and made this completely erroneous claim."