Candy Recalled in the GTA

The Canadian Food inspection Agency is warning consumers that some Hershey's candy, which was recalled years ago was found in Toronto for sale. The recalled treats include Hershey's chocolate chips, milk, and dark chocolate bars, Glosettes, Eat-More bars, Reese peanut butter cups, Oh Henry, and Cherry blossoms. However, this does not affect snack sized bars that are sold for Halloween. So far there as been over 640 products from five independent convenience stores. The agency will not name certain stores because that may unfairly label them. They believe that big box stores would not be carrying any recalled products and that rather it would be local convenience stores. This is not the first time that Hershey has been forced to recall dozens of products after salmonella had been detected in a plant in Ontario. The contamination was traced to an emulsifying agent, so lecithin. Some of the recalled chocolate bars were stolen in 2007 from a recycling plant that was told to dispose of them, however, they were taken and sold back to stores for cheap prices. Luckily so far no illnesses have been reported.

I think that this is pretty crazy considering that something like candy is something that is bought everyday especially by kids. Whoever decided to steal and sell it is a horrible person, or people, because they know that kids are most likely to be targeted during this. Most importantly parents and children should be warned being that today is Halloween. Although the snack sized bars are not affected many people still have the chance of buying the tainted chocolate bars.

Source: http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/528052