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Report: Candy With Lead Still on Shelves
SANTA ANA, Calif. - A subsidiary of the Mars candy company continues to sell four products that contain excessive amounts of lead, despite promises to withdraw the sweets from the U.S. market, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
The Lucas-brand seasonings can still be found in liquor stores and small markets despite warnings by health departments that the products contain lead, which can harm the brains of developing youngsters even in small amounts, according to a report in the Orange County Register.
Activists want the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to keep the candy away from children, who often pour the sweet and spicy powder on their fingers and lick it off.
"Why put up a voluntary recall when nothing is recalled at all?" said Leticia Ayala of the San-Diego Based Environmental Health Coalition.
Some large candy stores in Southern California said the candies have been picked up by distributors, but the candy remains on the shelves in many markets.
Lucas officials declined to comment Tuesday on their voluntary withdrawal program.
Officials from the FDA said they had not taken action against Lucas candies.
Last spring, the agency planned to reduce lead in candy and work with Mexican officials to eliminate it, but state and federal officials have said they cannot limit the sale of the candy because it is classified as a seasoning.
The problem first came to light in April, when the newspaper reported that more than 100 brands of candy, mostly from Mexico, had tested positive for excessive lead over the last decade.
Company officials agreed to recall four of their most popular products because of "confusion" caused by the lead tests, but they maintained that Lucas Limon, Lucas Limon con Chile, Lucas Acidito and Super Lucas were safe. The company says the powders' high salt content causes inaccurate lead results.
Report: Candy With Lead Still on Shelves
SANTA ANA, Calif. - A subsidiary of the Mars candy company continues to sell four products that contain excessive amounts of lead, despite promises to withdraw the sweets from the U.S. market, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
The Lucas-brand seasonings can still be found in liquor stores and small markets despite warnings by health departments that the products contain lead, which can harm the brains of developing youngsters even in small amounts, according to a report in the Orange County Register.
Activists want the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to keep the candy away from children, who often pour the sweet and spicy powder on their fingers and lick it off.
"Why put up a voluntary recall when nothing is recalled at all?" said Leticia Ayala of the San-Diego Based Environmental Health Coalition.
Some large candy stores in Southern California said the candies have been picked up by distributors, but the candy remains on the shelves in many markets.
Lucas officials declined to comment Tuesday on their voluntary withdrawal program.
Officials from the FDA said they had not taken action against Lucas candies.
Last spring, the agency planned to reduce lead in candy and work with Mexican officials to eliminate it, but state and federal officials have said they cannot limit the sale of the candy because it is classified as a seasoning.
The problem first came to light in April, when the newspaper reported that more than 100 brands of candy, mostly from Mexico, had tested positive for excessive lead over the last decade.
Company officials agreed to recall four of their most popular products because of "confusion" caused by the lead tests, but they maintained that Lucas Limon, Lucas Limon con Chile, Lucas Acidito and Super Lucas were safe. The company says the powders' high salt content causes inaccurate lead results.
