JC Reindl

Detroit Free Press

Authorities are still searching for the man who recorded himself urinating onto a Rice Krispies Treats production line for a video that surfaced on the Internet this year and was shared across the globe.

Battle Creek-based Kellogg, which apologized to customers in March for the incident at its Memphis, Tenn., plant, said there's still an active criminal investigation under way by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA spokeswoman Lauren Sucher told the Free Press there are no updates to report.

The incident is believed to have occurred in 2014 during a period of strained labor relations at the Memphis plant. The products potentially involved in the incident included Kellogg's Rice Krispies Treats, granola clusters and a few other puffed rice products that are no longer in production.

It's unclear what criminal charges might be brought against the urinator.

The video was posted this March on the website World Star Hip Hop (Warning: Video contains graphic images).

The video shows a penis and an arc of urine hitting a moving conveyor belt carrying puffed rice. There is little else shown in the clip that might be used to identify the perpetrator. Kellogg has said other clues from the video point to the Memphis plant and a 2014 time frame.

Kellogg said at the time of its apology that it did not receive any customer complaints that could have been related to the urination.

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