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A grocery store worker accused of handing out a semen-tainted yogurt sample at an Albuquerque market pleaded guilty. And that's why I never take anything off those tester stands.

Anthony Garcia admitted he "tainted" a the sample at Sunflower Market in January, and also put some semen on the plastic spoon he placed with the yogurt. His finishing move was to offer a female customer a sample. He pleaded guilty to charges of adulterating food and making false statements to federal investigators. And I had no idea that you could adulterate food. Or that it was illegal.

The woman spit the sample on the floor several times and wiped her mouth on the garment, which she was wearing to get the taste out of her mouth. Investigators collected samples of the woman's spit from the floor and took the garment she was wearing as evidence. They were instrumental in linking Garcia to the yogurt via DNA, but man, that is a pretty shitty job to have.

Garcia faces up to three years of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release. He has been in federal custody since his arrest in July, and was also terminated from his job.