Breaking News: Cadbury chocolate made in China recalled

Brett Singer — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:15:00 GMT

The AP is reporting that Cadbury is "recalling 11 types of Chinese-made chocolates after tests found they contained the industrial chemical melamine." This follows the recall of tainted milk powder in China.

AND, according to Newsinferno.com, a specific candy made by Cadbury called "White Rabbit" has been found to contain Melamine, the substance that cause more than 50,000 children to fall ill in China. The candy has been "distributed to California, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Texas, and Washington state through wholesale distributors to retail stores."

Before you say what I said ("Newsinferno? What's that?"), here's a link to the FDA's press release about the recall.

Newsinferno also reports that, "Pizza Hut suspended supplying cheese powder found to be contaminated by melamine in Pizza Hut’s Taiwan branch." Unless you happen to be in Taiwan, this one is pretty easy to avoid, but the White Rabbit stuff sounds like it could be in your local candy shoppe. Plus there are 11 other varieties, such as Eclairs (sold in Australia). So be careful.

But wait! There's more! According to Wikipedia, this White Rabbit stuff was recalled last year in the Philippines because it contained formaldehyde. Yum!

Anyone else in the mood for some good news? Like, "Field of unicorns found frolicking in Central Park, film at 11"? Sorry, I made that one up. Sounds good though, right?

Sources: CBS News/AP, Newsinferno.com, Sydney Morning Herald, Wikipedia (also image)

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Critics Denounce Pizza Hut's Reading Program

Rachael Brownell (Redsy) — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 15:22:00 GMT

Since 1985, Pizza Hut's reading program, Book It, has rewarded young readers and their families who participate in the program with pizza. Anyone who has tasted Pizza Hut pizza would realize this might not be sufficient inducement, but everyone knows most kids aren't that picky.

Over 925,000 elementary schools nationwide participate in the Pizza Hut program, but with increasing concerns over the link between child obesity and poor nutrition, the popularity of these programs is waning.

Of course there really is no greater influence on childhood reading habits than parental example. By reading to your kids and reading yourself, you may be making these silly corporate sponsored programs less necessary. But for some kids, reading programs in schools whether sponsored by the Devil or God himself, may be the only exposure they have to good books. And if they have to eat some bad food to get them to read books, than so be it.

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