Posted on 01/28/2011 5:50:51 PM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON The U.S. government says candy imported from Pakistan called Toxic Waste Nuclear Sludge is not safe to eat. Who would have guessed?
The Food and Drug Administration announced that the U.S. distributor of Nuclear Sludge chew bars is recalling the candy because of lead contamination. No one has been sickened, but the FDA said elevated lead content could be harmful to small children, infants and pregnant women.
The candies were manufactured in Pakistan. Indianapolis-based Candy Dynamics said it would stop selling all Nuclear Sludge candy in the U.S. The candy is wrapped in bright yellow caution-like tape, and the company's website features the screech of a blaring warning horn. The bars were distributed in stores throughout the U.S. and Canada.
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Before you buy any candy, you should look on the package to see where it was manufactured. You might be surprised that many American brands are now being manufactured out of our country. As an example, some Brach candy (candy corn and jelly beans)are being made in Mexico and South America. I used to work for them, it was a good American company until purchased by Europeans.
Funny website.
http://www.candydynamics.com/
furreal?
IIRC, lead causes more problems for the very young, so hopefully you have nothing to worry about.
See Post 8.
“Crunchy Frog?”
That's racist!
Classic! Thanks.
American sugar protectionist policies make it difficult for candy manufacturers to make stuff in the US. Sugar is cheaper in other countries.
Yes, I am aware of that! That’s exactly why Brach went south to manufacture.
That’s hilarious. Did you write that?
It’s from an old Monty Python skit.
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