[Khurkris]

The Orange County Register(southern California) newspaper did a 7 - 8 part series on chemically tainted Mexican candy. It ran about 2 years ago and caused quite a stir in the area. Many of the popular candies were found to have very high lead and other chemical contamination. The reporters went down to Mesco and visited the places where the stuff was made.

Another thing they uncovered was that there were usually dual product lines - One for export to the USA and One for domestic Mescan consumption. The Mescan version was usually much more contaminated.

You might check the OC Register archives for the series. The candy names are probably the same as the names in this story.

[Vor Lady]

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