date:Nov 06, 2017
test widely for lead in candy.
In the six years before the law was passed, only 22% of alerts about food contamination were about lead in candy. But after that law was passed, 42% of the food contaminated alerts issued by state officials were for lead in candy. And nearly all of that candy was imported. That is more than the total number of recalls for Salmonella, E. coli, and botulism combined.
The current tolerable lead level in food that is likely to be consumed by children was lowered by