Melamine in candy

[javasaurus]

It's probably not an issue for M&Ms and Snickers, but be careful of any candy made in China. Cadburry recently issued a recall on candy made in China due to the presense of melamine, a substance which can be fatal in sufficient quantities. Here's more info:

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[cozit.livejournal.com]

I hadn't heard of Cadbury being made in China...

But yeah... *anything* made in China that contains milk, or milk products should instantly be suspect.

OTOH, there aren't that many things that make it here from there from chocolate (the one scare involves pirate gold chocolate... in *Canada* only).

(lol... didn't even think about that when I hit the Asian food store today.. it's ok though... only chocolate I bought was Pocky - Japanese, not Chinese :-)

[javasaurus.livejournal.com]

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