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Who Wants a Lead Trinket in Their Candy?

This undated FDA photo reveals some dangerous additives in foods before the government created safety regulations. Candy was allowed to contain prizes, which often consisted of toys containing lead and coins that could break children’s teeth or possibly choke them. Apparently, the court case mentioned in the photograph below happened before numerous amendments made the Food and Drugs Act very strict, or else the judge was misinformed, because he said that adding a coin to the candy did not violate the act.

Source: US Food and Drug Administration.

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