Police are urging parents to check their children’s Halloween candy after a rusty thumb tack was found in a chocolate bar in Bancroft, Ont.
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say the tampered mini chocolate bar was collected while trick-or-treating somewhere in the town’s downtown area.
“The route in question extended from Hastings Street to Station Street, ending near Monck Street. The original source of the chocolate bar remains unknown,” OPP said in a news release on Saturday.
Earlier this week, OPP in northern Ontario received a report of a razor blade found in a child’s chocolate bar on Halloween night.
Police in Waterloo also issued a warning on Saturday after a needle and a toothpick were found in two separate chocolate bars in Cambridge.
A candy collected on Halloween night in the area of Rouse Avenue and Kovac Road was discovered by a caregiver having a toothpick inside, police said.
They added that the other chocolate bar that had a needle was collected in the area of Elgin Street North and Cassidy Court.
Police said no one was physically injured as a result of the tampered chocolates.
“Any candy that appears to have been tampered with should be immediately thrown out. All candy should be in the original wrapper for the safety of your children,” police said.
Police encouraged parents and guardians to inspect their children’s trick-or-treat items by checking for tears, holes or irregularities in candy wrappers, signs of re-sealing or altered packaging, or anything else that appears suspicious.
Police are asking anyone who finds tampered candy to call them at at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.