Recently I noticed a recall come across my desktop. It was a recall by Candy Dynamics from an Indiana company that distributed this candy. The company was selling candy to children under the brands of Toxic Waste and Nuclear Sludge. The candy was imported from Pakistan. It was then distributed in the United States and Canada with limited quantities in Guatemala, Ireland, Jordan, Korea, Mexico and El Salvador.
The candy failed to pass the test for lead content. The lead content was 3 times the legal limit. You might think that the company would not handle this item from Pakistan any longer. But NO!
The company announced that it would no longer sell this product in the United States. The other countries did not have as low a legal limit for lead content.
If this candy was not safe enough for our children in the United States, then why should it be safe for anyone.
It makes one wonder how the owner of this firm can sleep at night. Where have ethics gone? Food industry leaders need to stand up to those who would give a bad name to the industry. Let's stand up for right, not just the right in the United States, but what is right for human beings around the world.
If your product doesn't pass U.S. standards, would you dump it on unsuspecting children in a foreign country? Or in a developing country where rules do not yet exist? Ethics is doing the right thing even when no one is watching.
Take the challenge and take the lead to provide safe, wholesome products for all of our world's citizens.
Rudy
rudy@powerinlearning.com
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