WASHINGTON — The U.S. government says candy imported from Pakistan called Toxic Waste Nuclear Sludge is not safe to eat. Who would have guessed?
The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that the U.S. distributor of Nuclear Sludge chew bars is recalling the candy because of lead contamination. No one has been sickened, but the FDA said elevated lead content could be harmful to small children, infants and pregnant women.
The candies were manufactured in Pakistan. Indianapolis-based Candy Dynamics said it would stop selling all Nuclear Sludge candy in the U.S. The candy is wrapped in yellow caution-like tape.
The California Department of Public Health first detected the contamination, measuring the candy’s lead content at 0.31 parts per million. FDA regulations require foods to be below 0.1 parts per million.
Nuclear Sludge was launched in 2007. The Associated Press
