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Trick-or-Treat: Most loved and most hated Halloween candies
Learn which candy trick-or-treaters are dying to have and which ones they don’t want to see in their haul. Correction: A previous version of this video used imagery that does not align with USA TODAY’s standards.
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Disturbing reports of tampered trick-or-treating candy were recorded in Fostoria, Ohio over the Halloween weekend, according to police.
The Fostoria Police Division urged parents in the area to check their children’s holiday treats after an unidentified child reported finding a sewing needle planted inside a KitKat bar they received. Following the report of the KitKat bar, the division received a second call about another sewing needle – this time in a bag of Sour Patch Kids, Police Chief Keith Loreno told USA TODAY.
“Why would anyone do this? We’ve all heard of these types of things happening, but to actually have someone do this in our community is truly disturbing,” Fostoria Police wrote in a Facebook post.
So far, the two incidents are the only reported. Loreno noted that the two children were unrelated and that nobody was injured. Loreno said the house and location of where the tampered candy originated from is still unknown.
“When we received the first call, we wondered if it was a prank gone bad. But then we received the second call,” Loreno told USA TODAY on Monday.
“The bottom line message is if the parents have any concerns, just throw the candy away,” he continued. “You never know what the result is going to be, but we’re hoping someone comes forward.”
Experts stress that tampered trick-or-treating candy is very rare. In 2019, University of Delaware sociology and criminal justice professor Joel Best told CBC News that he had identified around 200 confirmed cases (which divides out to a little over 3 each year) of candy tampering in the U.S. and Canada since 1958 – adding that “the vast majority were hoaxes.”
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“The bottom line was I couldn’t find any evidence that any child had been killed or injured by a contaminated treat picked up trick-or-treating,” he told USA TODAY last week.
Still, it’s important to be observant and cautious of any suspicious looking candy — especially treats with packaging that appears to be tampered with.
In response to the Fostoria reports, Loreno said ProMedica Fostoria Community Hospital offered to provide local families with X-rays of candy distributed during the area’s trick or treat. At various times on Monday, parents can bring the candy into the hospital to have it scanned for detections of metal.
Contributing: Nina Mandell, USA TODAY.
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