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10/30/2017 / By Janine Acero

Choose trick over treat this Halloween: Thousands of candy brands found to contain lead, according to new study

A new study reveals that 42 percent of food contamination warnings in California is linked to high levels of lead in candy since the state passed a law on testing and monitoring the food item in 2006. Thousands of candy brands have been reported to contain lead – mostly imported ones from Mexico, China, and India […]

10/26/2017 / By Kristine Payne

Yummy for your tummy? Know what’s really in your favorite gummy bear

Gummy bears have been a beloved candy shop staple for decades, and our love for them shows no signs of waning. There’s just something to be said about these brightly-colored, sweet-tasting treats shaped like bears that make them so irresistible. Enterprising manufacturers know this, and that’s why there are well over a dozen gummy bear brands out […]

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