Recalled Hershey's candy found in Toronto stores

Hershey's chocolates and candies recalled two years ago over salmonella fears and subsequently stolen from a recycling depot are being sold not just in Toronto but in other Ontario cities as well, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Sunday.

Last Thursday, the CFIA said at least 640 recalled chocolate bars had been recovered from five stores in the Toronto area. The agency updated its advisory Sunday to include a small number of stores in the Niagara Falls and Oshawa areas.

Agency spokesman Garfield Balsom said more of the products might be for sale in other convenience and variety stores.

The recalled treats include Hershey's chocolate chips, milk and dark chocolate bars (with and without almonds), Glosettes, Eat-More bars, Reese peanut butter cups, Oh Henry! bars, Cherry Blossoms and other candy. The alert does not affect snack-sized bars sold under Halloween or Christmas packages.

So far, the agency has recovered 640 products from five independent convenience stores in Etobicoke and North York, said Garfield Balsom, spokesperson for the CFIA. Inspectors seized Oh Henry! bars, both regular and Rocky Road; Reese peanut butter cups; and Hershey's dark chocolate almond bars, he said.

"But that doesn't mean that's all that's out there," he noted.

Balsom would not name the stores because he said it would unfairly label them.

"We're more and more confident that the distribution was very localized," he said, stressing that big box stores such as Wal-Mart would not carry the recalled products.

"Big stores wouldn't be buying (candy) from the back of a van," he said.

The agency surveyed 100 stores, he said, and will continue its investigation.

In November 2006, Hershey's was forced to recall dozens of products after salmonella was detected at its plant in Smiths Falls, Ont.

Some of the recalled chocolate was sold to stores after being stolen in 2007 from a Toronto recycling depot that had been contracted to receive and dispose of the potentially contaminated products.

Only products with date codes from 6417 to 6455, produced from October 15 to November 10, are affected by this alert. The date codes can be found on the back of each unit.

Brand Name Product Name Size

HERSHEY	CHIPITS Milk Chocolate Chips	270 gram
HERSHEY'S	Creamy Milk Chocolate With Almonds	43 gram
HERSHEY'S	Creamy Milk Chocolate	45 gram
OH HENRY!	OH HENRY!	62.5 gram 62.5g / 4 bars 145 gram
OH HENRY!	Bites	130 gram
OH HENRY!	Peanut Butter	60 gram
HERSHEY	CHIPITS Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips	350 gram 2 kg
HERSHEY	CHIPITS Semi-Sweet Mint Chocolate Chips	300 gram
HERSHEY	Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips	300 gram
HERSHEY'S	SPECIAL DARK Chocolate	45 gram
HERSHEY'S	SPECIAL DARK Chocolate with Almonds	43 gram
REESE	Peanut Butter Cups	51 gram 68 gram 51 gram / 4 bars
LOWNEY	Cherry Blossom	45 gram
GLOSETTE	Peanuts	45 gram
GLOSETTE	Almond	42 gram
GLOSETTE	Raisin	50 gram 145 gram
HERSHEY'S	Chocolate Shell Topping	177 ml
EAT-MORE	Dark Toffee Peanut Chew	56 gram 56 gram / 4 bars
LOWNEY	Bridge Mix	52 gram 340 gram
HERSHEY	Assorted 16 count	728 gram
HERSHEY	Assorted 50 count	2.5 kg
HERSHEY	CHIPITS Mini Chocolate Chips	300 gram 10 kg (Bulk) 175 gram 500 gram
HERSHEY	CHIPITS Chocolate Chip Bulk	10 kg (Bulk)
Not Applicable	Nut Roll	5 kg (Bulk)
HERSHEY	Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips	10 kg (Bulk)

Additional products added June 27, 2007

Brand Name Product Name Size

Reese	Reese Honey Roasted Peanut Butter Cups	51 g
Oh Henry!	Oh Henry! Rocky Road bar	60 g
Pot of Gold	Pot of Gold All Nut Collection	245 g