Is the Kids Halloween Candy Safe?
Trick-or-treating was one of the most fun things I remember about celebrating Halloween as a child. Each of us having a well developed sweet-tooth, my brothers and I looked forward to the large bags of ‘loot’ we would bring home. Even during my childhood, stories would resurface about razors hidden in apples and other possibilities far scarier than any ghosts and goblin inhabiting my neighborhood on the evening of October 31st. To this day, I am not sure how many were real and how many were urban legends. Nonetheless, my parents laid down some rules and procedures to protect us. First, we were forbidden to eat anything in our bags until we got home and my parents could inspect the loot. Second, we were to stay in a group. Generally I was with my brothers. Third, we were to stay in the immediate neighborhood. When we did get home, my mother would empty each bag into a separate large bowl. Then she would inspect each piece. Her rule of thumb was to discard anything that was not commercia
