Chocolate Gold Coins / Melamine Poison / Halloween Warning - No Joke!!!

Artist

A fellow parent sent me an email warning that some chocolate gold coins contain melamine, the same toxin at the center of the tainted baby formula problem that originated in China. You can read about the specifics here.

As a numismatist, I love giving these coins away, and enjoy receiving them when people give them to me - it being Halloween, I thought the coin community should know about this threat.

Steve27

Artist, are you a Canadian?

CB2597

Saw that on the news last night. And its not only chocolate gold coins but Protien powders that one takes as a supplement during after ones workout .

BillyKingsley

You know, I've been told since I was little (1990s) that you had to be carefull of people who would do things to candy to hurt people. It's pretty sad when the candy, straght from the factory, can do that!

RWB

The lessons to be learned:
1. Imported food and medicine must be labeled with country of manufacture/origin;
2. Don't trust the purity or safety of any food or pharmaceutical made in China, not even pet food or toothpaste.

Artist

Bump for the day crew -