Hershey Co. Pulls Crack Cocaine Look Alike Candy; EIN News Offers Extended News Coverage
WASHINGTON, January 25 - /EIN News/ In a rash response to criticism from law enforcement officials, Hershey Co. has announced that it will no longer be manufacturing its Ice Breakers candy to fend off accusations that the product is introducing children to crack cocaine.
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Philadelphia police explained that the tiny heat-sealed bags of crack cocaine sold on the streets look almost identical to the Hershey's product line. They expressed their concern that the legitimate candy may be mistaken as drugs; children, they explained, could easily confuse the products and ingest the cocaine from the bag, if found on the street.
Hershey has enjoyed a healthy profit increase, and critics claim that the Ice Breakers candy line was an unnecessary provocation. While the company would not be producing any new Ice Breakers, those remaining in inventory would be still be sold, despite concerns for public safety.
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-- News on Hershey's Ice Breakers - http://consumer.einnews.com/news/hershey-ice-breakers
-- Hershey Company News - http://consumer.einnews.com/news/hershey-company
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Philadelphia police explained that the tiny heat-sealed bags of crack cocaine sold on the streets look almost identical to the Hershey's product line. They expressed their concern that the legitimate candy may be mistaken as drugs; children, they explained, could easily confuse the products and ingest the cocaine from the bag, if found on the street.
Hershey has enjoyed a healthy profit increase, and critics claim that the Ice Breakers candy line was an unnecessary provocation. While the company would not be producing any new Ice Breakers, those remaining in inventory would be still be sold, despite concerns for public safety.
See also:
-- Consumer News by Country & Topic - http://consumer.einnews.com/
-- News on Hershey's Ice Breakers - http://consumer.einnews.com/news/hershey-ice-breakers
-- Hershey Company News - http://consumer.einnews.com/news/hershey-company
The publisher of Consumer News Today, EIN News, has been publishing since 1996 and ranks in Alexa's Top 10 list of online media services. We provide Internet data mining and search services to organizations, researchers and professional users who find them an indispensable source of latest news.
To learn more about our products, go to:
http://www.ipdgroup.com/freetrials.php
Contact:
David Rothstein -- http://www.ipdgroup.com/feedback.php -- Telephone: 202 318 8905
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