Dangerous Lead Levels Found in San Diego Candy

Fox5 ^ | Feb 4, 2022 | City News Service

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

The California Attorney General’s Office issued a consumer alert Friday related to dried plum fruit and candy products that allegedly contain dangerous levels of lead, including several products sold by San Diego retailers.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office said it has sent letters directing retailers to immediately remove the products from shelves, many of which appear to be marketed to children.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Labels say "packaged in San Diego" but give no indication of the source.

[DoodleBob]

[George from New England]

Another benefit of the Olympics I guess.

[corkoman]

Smart money is on the China bet. They must have run out of melamine.

[frank ballenger]

Not crunchy but still a meal....

https://www.amazon.com/Eat-That-Frog-Great-Procrastinating/dp/162656941X/ref=pd_bxgy_img_

[brianl703]

Mexico, most likely. Mexican candy contaminated with lead has been a problem for decades.

[KeyLargo]

Yep, a whole lot of lead poisoning going on in Mexico....

[logi_cal869]

[Regulator]

Beat me to it

[catnipman]

“Smart money is on the China bet. They must have run out of melamine.”

or maybe lead acetate is a cheaper sweetener than actual sugar ...

[Gaffer]

I’m betting the constituents come from China.

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

At least it wasn’t radioactive:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/12/04/248737662/radioactive-truck-goes-missing-in-mexico-alerts-are-issued

[Trillian]