Man at Orchard Terrified He Ate the Sticker After Picking Apple Straight from Tree

A leisurely autumn afternoon in the Hudson Valley turned into a medical panic for local tourist Orin Chard, who became convinced he had accidentally ingested a produce sticker after eating an apple directly off a tree.Chard was enjoying a “u-pick” excursion when the incident occurred. According to witnesses, Chard consumed three large bites of a fresh Jonagold, only to freeze in horror upon examining the rest of the apple and realizing the standard PLU label was missing.“I checked the skin. I checked the stem. I even checked the ground,” said a visibly shaken Chard, who was seen frantically drinking water to flush his system. “Every apple has a sticker. That is just basic biology. If it is not on the outside, logic dictates it must be inside my stomach right now.”Chard reportedly demanded to see the orchard’s manager to ask for the “inventory tracking number” of the specific tree, concerned that the glue might interact poorly with his fleet of food sensitivities. He argued that…