Candy Recalled Before Halloween
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced Friday that Jigong Chayote Candy imported from China was being recalled for lead contamination. Tests conducted on the candy revealed lead...
View ArticleHalloween Food Safety Tips
Halloween is just around the corner–pumpkins are sitting on patios, kids are trying to decide on a costume, and parents across the country are dreading the inevitable sugar highs that follow...
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California Finds Lead in Candy
The California Department of Public Health announced this week that liquorice and corn cob candies are being recalled for lead contamination. Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops Pty. Ltd. of Australia and...
View ArticleTransformer Candies Recalled for Lead
On Friday the California Department of Public Health released a statement warning the public not to consume Trans Formers ‘Revenge of the Fallen” Crunchy Candies. This statement follows a random test...
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Grape Gummy Candy Recalled for Lead
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) warned consumers this week to discard any Cocon Grape Gummy 100% candy imported from Malaysia after testing revealed high levels of lead in the candy....
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Don’t Eat the Toxic Waste Cherry Chews
It seems that a candy called Toxic Waste Nuclear Sludge may be, in fact, potentially hazardous. In a news release posted late Thursday on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website, an Indianapolis...
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Company Halts Sale of ‘Nuclear Sludge’ Candy
The Indiana company that recently recalled some of its impudently named Toxic Waste brand candy has discovered more lead in the product. As a result, Circle City Marketing and Distributing, doing...
View ArticleNo, You Can’t Claim Candy is Good For You!
Baltimore’s Goetze’s Candy is making a nutritional claim it cannot back up, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration charged in a March 4 warning letter to the company. Those delectable Goetz’s Caramel...
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Imported Candies Recalled in California
A California company is recalling candies imported from India because they contain unsafe levels of lead. Bavan Food Company, based in Sacramento, issued a recall of its Sugar Rewari candy after...
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Allergen Alert: Sulfites in Apricot Candies
U.B.C Food Distributors of Dearborn, MI is recalling Baraka Apricot Candies imported from Lebanon because they contain undeclared sulfites as preservatives. According to the recall alert, the state of...
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Allergen Alert: Bridge Mix in Chocolate Raisin Packaging
Walgreen Co. is recalling certain lots of packages with chocolate-covered raisin labels because they may instead contain bridge mix, which includes peanuts, almonds and soy, allergens not listed as...
View ArticleAllergen Alert: ‘Gluten Free’ Candy With Wheat
Jelly Belly Candy Co. of Fairfield, CA has recalled Peter Rabbit Deluxe Easter Mix “Gluten Free” candies because the malted milk balls may contain wheat. The recall is for 2.7 oz. bags with UPC...
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Imported Candies With Too Much Lead
Three candies are being recalled after tests conducted by the California Department of Public Health found they exceed California standards for lead. The recalled candies are: - Chef’s Pride Rewadi...
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Allergen Alert: Mispackaged Hostess Candy Mix
Krispak of Grand Rapids, MI is recalling 16 cases of GFS® Hostess Candy Mix in 8-48 oz packages due to a packaging error. A small number of cases of the Hostess Candy Mix were inadvertently put into...
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Imported Santos Brand Candies Recalled for Excessive Lead
California consumers were warned on Monday not to eat three varieties of Santos brand candies imported from India after tests found they contained lead levels in excess of state and federal standards....
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Test Results Show Philippines Outbreak Linked to Candy Caused by Staphylococcus
The illness outbreak connected to fruit candies that sickened nearly 2,000 people in the Philippines was likely caused by poor worker hygiene at the production facility, resulting in contamination by...
View ArticleCandy Recalled Before Halloween
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced Friday that Jigong Chayote Candy imported from China was being recalled for lead contamination. Tests conducted on the candy revealed lead...
View ArticleHalloween Food Safety Tips
Halloween is just around the corner–pumpkins are sitting on patios, kids are trying to decide on a costume, and parents across the country are dreading the inevitable sugar highs that follow...
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You-Ka Ramune candy recalled for undeclared wheat allergen
JFC International Inc. is recalling two varieties of bagged candy flavored after the popular Japanese soda pop Ramune because of an undeclared allergen, specifically wheat. The Los Angeles-based...
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Publix, Wal-Mart, Palmer brand snacks recalled for Salmonella
To see photos of all of the products included in this recall, click on the image. Five weeks after the U.S. Marshals Service raided a powdered milk factory at the request of FDA, seizing more than 4...
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