Circle City Marketing and Distributing, which does business as Candy Dynamics of Indianapolis, IN, is issuing a voluntary recall of all Toxic Waste® brand Nuclear Sludge® Chew Bars.
The product, which includes all flavors sold in seven-ounce packages, is imported from Pakistan.
Lead concerns
A recent test performed by the California Department of Public Health has indicated that a lot (#8288A) of the cherry flavor of product contains elevated levels of lead (0.24 parts per million; the U.S. FDA tolerance is 0.1 ppm) that potentially could cause health problems -- particularly for infants, small children, and pregnant women.
The company says it has determined "out of an abundance of caution" to recall all lots and all flavors of the product distributed from the product's inception in 2007 through January 2011.
Recalled products
The products are identified as:
- Toxic Waste® Nuclear Sludge® Cherry Chew Bar (UPC 0 89894 81430 6);
- Toxic Waste® Nuclear Sludge® Sour Apple Chew Bar (UPC 0 10684 81410 7); and
- Toxic Waste® Nuclear Sludge® Blue Raspberry Chew Bar (UPC 0 89894 81420 7)
Each chew bar has a net wt. of 0.7 oz (20 g).
No other "Toxic Waste®" brand product is affected by this recall and no illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem.
The recalled Nuclear Sludge™ Chew Bars were distributed nationwide in retail stores and through mail orders.
Candy Dynamics has discontinued distribution of the cherry flavor and had previously discontinued distribution of the other two flavors.
The company is sending recall notices to its direct customers. Anyone in possession of the recalled product should telephone the company at 317-228-5012 (Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm EST) for information on destroying the product.
