I thought I would let anyone that has children or has friends that have children know about this.

There is a new warning put out by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency....
Sherwood brand Pirate's Gold Milk Chocolate coins are being recalled due to the fact that they contain Melamine, the ingredient in milk product that has caused many infant deaths in china. These candies are sold at Costco, as well as many bulk and dollar stores. Please make sure to check your children's halloween candy and DO NOT LET THEM EAT THE PIRATE COINS (you know the ones wrapped in the shiny gold foil) and please let other parents know about this!

How original. A halloween candy hoax.

Mars23 said:

Nope. Serious this time.

http://www.inspection.gc....008e.shtml

Every once in awhile something it true on the Internet.

Mars23 said:

Not a hoax.

http://www.inspection.gc....008e.shtml

Ya, heard this on the news. Shitty deal.

Thanx Emerald Skies gotta protect the babies !



Here's the link to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's recall notice:

http://news.gc.ca/web/vie...eid=421359

Here's the link to verify the information on Snopes:


http://www.snopes.com/foo.../coins.asp

They sell those Pirate Gold coins here too
My kids love them

chillichocaholic said:

So do my nephews.

is that the same melamine that plates are made of?

http://images.google.com....ages&gbv=2

EmeraldSkies said:

So do I.

KidaDynamite said:

I think I will have severe trauma if this happens to ALL chocolate. I may need an IV

I ate all of mine already.
Or I spent em all already.
I forget which.


So if I die, it' b'cuz of ingesting the pirate money candy.

Or it's b'cuz of ingesting the cheap street drugs that I bought with said pirate money ca
[Edited 10/30/08 5:11am]

TheMightyCelestial said:

Have u been drinking?

i bought said coins. i ate some of said coins. gave the rest away as a souvenir to the unsuspecting tunisians.


basically i would watch for any candy you think has been made in china. not just on halloween. and not just candy. we all need to get in the habit of checking the label for that "made in china" info.

ZombieKitten said:

emm said:

Yeah,but practically everything says Made In China.

peb319 said:

so what happens when you microwave the coins? (obviously after you take off the foil wrapper )

ZombieKitten said:

they melt....

peb319 said:

those plates don't melt, but they absorb the heat it's scary they way they do

ZombieKitten said:

have you ever seen them blister when they get hot? they never look the same..
the ones that are decorated,they tell u not to put in the microwave because of it..like i still have my hercules plates(from mc donald's),but i've seen them blister and bubble from the heat

peb319 said:

no I never seen that I've been too scared to leave them in that long

ZombieKitten said:

...it ain't pretty
i've never 'nuked' mine that long,but i've seen others do it...

Check this out:


http://chinaview.wordpres...ht-market/