Chocolate possibly tainted with melamine for sale online

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Story Published: Oct 29, 2008 at 10:07 PM PST

By Elissa Harrington KVAL News

EUGENE, Ore. - Chocolate coins tainted with melamine were recently recalled in Canada. Officials say they're not found at any U.S. stores but you can buy them online.

These are the coins causing this halloween's biggest scare. They're called "Sherwood's Milk Chocolate Pirate Gold Coins." They're made in China, and some are tainted with melamine.

Melamine is a compound used in plastic which sickened thousands of babies in China this past year, killing several.

According to the FDA, the tainted chocoaltes were not sent to the United States. But there is a chance they still could end up in your kids halloween basket. I found the coins being sold online at several webapages including "bestbulkcandy.com" and "acandystore.com"

I also went to the FDA's website to see what else parents should keep an eye out for. The FDA lists 13 possible melmanine contaminations. As for sweets, White Rabbit Candy and Koala's March Creme filled Cookies made the list.

While the chance your child will get this candy is pretty slim, parents I talked to tell me trick or treating isn't just fun and games.

Says Alice Nichols, "I don't let the kids eat their candy until they get home so I can check it to make sure."

Adds Gayle Moroni, "No fruit, no gum, no nothing that looks like something can be stuck into it."

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