Tomponzi against food terrorism As reported by "Tomponzi Investigations", 35% of food manufacturers would be victims of blackmail and extortion on the part of criminals or mythomaniacs who poison or threaten to poison their products. Wide publicity was given to news that a blackmailer in Germany had laced Thomy mustard, of Nestlè Co. with cyanide. As a result, "Tomponzi Investigations" started offering help to food makers, convinced that such criminal actions can be averted. As "Tomponzi Investigations" has pointed out, only one out of 10 such cases is made known, whether because firms give in to blackmails or because they arrange a series of internal and external enquiries in order to do away with the problem without causing a great stir".