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Heinz Apologizes For QR Code Linked To Porn Site

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Heinz is apologizing for a QR code on one of its ketchup bottles that linked to a porn site.

UPI.com reports a man in Germany scanned the code expecting to be taken to a label design contest website.

Instead, it went to a porn site.

Heinz apologized, saying the company's ownership of the website expired after the 2012-14 contest ended.

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