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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

I love multicultural candy wrappers. This one tasted like chewy vanilla ice cream. Thanks, China!

Funny side note: right after i said the candy was Chinese I had to google it to make sure I was correct...here's what came up on the LA times

U.S., state issue warnings on Chinese candy White Rabbit
September 27, 2008From Times Staff and Wire Reports

BEIJING — The Food and Drug Administration and state health authorities warned consumers Friday not to eat any flavors of White Rabbit candy imported from China because they may be contaminated with the chemical melamine.

The California Department of Public Health specifically identified White Rabbit candies imported and distributed by Queensway Foods Co. of Burlingame, Calif. Queensway is voluntarily recalling the chewy sweets after state testing detected melamine in some pieces.

Melamine is the compound associated with contaminated infant formula in China and last year's large recall of pet food.

The warning on the candies came as the FDA recommended that consumers avoid Mr. Brown instant coffee and milk tea products being recalled by Taiwan's Car Food Industrial Co.

The FDA said it was not aware of any illnesses in the U.S. linked to either the candy or the coffee and tea products. California officials urged consumers in possession of White Rabbit candy to discard it immediately.

The White Rabbit candies distributed by Queensway come in various flavors, including vanilla, red bean, coffee, corn, lychee, coconut, chocolate, mango and strawberry cream. All varieties have a picture of a white rabbit with a black background on the top of the bag.

Consumers with questions about the recalled product can contact Queensway at (650) 697-6633.


11 comments:

  1. i ate seven of them today...I hope they weren't from 2008. yikes!

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  2. mmm, fun death candy. isn't it all?

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  3. i prefer my snicker bar sans melamine.

    But i made it through the night, no melamine poisening from white rabbit candy in this house.

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  4. i dreamed my family had white rabbit candy last night.
    1st blog related dream so far

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  5. i gave someone a blog related dream. that's fuckin' cool...I hope it wasn't too scary, tom.

    i had a pretty boring dream about the contents of a fridge.

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  6. i love that you just posted about candy. we should make some fun candy posts when i visit

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  7. ZOMG!!! I used to eat these all the time as a kid! o_O"

    -Barb the French Bean

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  8. i've been eating white rabbit all week, I can't get enough. it tastes just like vanilla ice cream.

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  9. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

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  10. fu? what'd i do?! I'll fight! rowr! mudd wrestle the hell out of you.

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