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Toxic Candy Alert
If you are on any moms list serve or mailing list, chances are you have probably seen the e-mail alert that made the rounds this week–but it is alarming enough that we thought we’d pass it along for any of you who missed it. We got this from MomsRising.org–I did some initial sleuthing for hoax-iness, and it all checks out as legitimate. Scary Halloween stuff!
We want to give you a heads up about some Halloween candy that could be bad for kids: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to consume White Rabbit Creamy Candy or Koala’s March Creme Filled Cookies because they may contain melamine. And, the Canadian government is warning the public not to consume Sherwood Brands Pirate’s Gold Milk Chocolate Coins, which may also have reached the United States.
What’s wrong with these candies? You’ve likely heard about the dangerous chemical, melamine, which was recently found in the Chinese milk supply and sickened thousands of children in China. We’ve now seen reports that melamine tainted milk has been used in some Chinese candy products that have been shipped to the United States.
The good news is that Chinese candy makes up only 0.7 percent of the candy sold in the U.S. and the risk of serious harm from minor exposure to melamine is considered low by the World Health Organization. That said, we wanted to send this out to you because we don’t want our kids eating candy with any toxic ingredients.
Become a member of MomsRising.org and they will keep you informed.
MomsRising has created a page where you can easily share this information with friends, as well as see pictures of the tainted candies, get more information, and download a flier that you can post on your school or other community bulletin boards. See the Tainted Candy Pictures, Get the Flier & Tell Friends.
For more information visit the FDA’s page on melamine.
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42 comments
add your comment »Wow! Really good info. Thanks :)
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that's scary:/
thanks for the info!
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omg how scary is that! good thing theres sites like this to get hte news out!
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This was a great warning to get out. Not only did I call everyone I knew without Internet, I emailed the info to everyone else and posted the info in several places. Great looking out for our children!
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good piece; thanks
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I only buy American made candy and well known brands.
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Thanks for the muchly needed info to help protect our little trick or treaters.
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The reason I hadn't signed it because I was not aware of it in time. Sorry.
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I grew up in Chicago.My Trick or Treat days were up around the better neighborhoods. We did watch for Razors in apples and punctures in soft candies. Acid and Heroin were put in and on very few candies. I did run up on some fantastic brownies,I took my friends and went back for seconds,wow man they were great... I digress,over all I think it is pretty safe as long as you know the area.I know most kids go to churches or daycares 1 stop games and boothes with candy, everyone is a winner.(Eaiser on parents too)
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Thanx for the info :))
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