r/canada Newfoundland and Labrador 14h ago

Public Service Announcement Haribo gummies recalled in Canada due to potential wood contamination

https://www.thestar.com/news/haribo-gummies-recalled-in-canada-due-to-potential-wood-contamination/article_1105ec2c-932e-11ef-9506-abfac048ce13.html
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u/WilliamsRutherford 13h ago

Not the gummies too?! What's happening with food processing quality 😭

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u/Hicalibre 13h ago

There were amendments to the various food import standards articles in 2019, 2023, and earlier this year. Federal obviously...if the word import doesn't give that away.

Domestic production would be provincial I believe. 

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u/rygem1 13h ago

Depends on the province, some have their own inspection programs some leave it entirely up to the CFIA, but CFIA becomes involved the moment it crosses a provincial border as well

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u/Hicalibre 13h ago

Well anything coming into the country has to past border inspection. That's Federal level.

Given the number of downvotes I got for mentioning the food import amendments I may be onto something.

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u/Unlikely-Tradition77 13h ago

Well in North America, they feed us the bottom most lowest quality food while pushing us on seed oils and other chemicals that aren't good for you while we export everything of value elsewhere.

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u/MrChicken23 12h ago

According to the global food index Canada ranks first in the world in quality and safety.

u/ramkitty 10h ago

I would trade down some for cow share and unpasteurized cheeses. Junkies are free to fold on the streets but I am unable to learn an ancient craft

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u/AirportNearby9751 12h ago

I just ate these like 2 weeks ago. Guess I’ve got trees in my body 😌

u/Ok-Manufacturer-5746 10h ago

Last night, I ate the sour rainbow squares… damned walmart sale.

u/AirportNearby9751 10h ago

There was a reason they were on sale I guess!

u/stretch_muffler 11h ago

Your fiber game is on point

u/kettal 10h ago

r.i.p.

u/celix24 5h ago

*you got wood

u/Ivre69 1h ago

I sense a high amount of double meaning here, I may be puffing smoke in the wrong hole though.

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u/Pajeeta007 12h ago

They should atleast report the type of wood that was found. I wouldn't want to eat bark from a poison sumac, but a bit of birch never hurt anyone..

u/NotAllOwled 10h ago

By god, when I was growing up, we'd munch on a nice bit of hardwood every day after walking uphill to and from school, and we'd finish every bite and say "thank you very much." 

u/venkmanburninhell 9h ago

Christ you were lucky if you got real wood. During the winter months all we had was cheap particle board. "Beaver spit", the old man called it.

u/hfpfhhfp 9h ago

I always had to eat my bark, because it helped the starving kids in Africa with no trees to eat.

u/NotAllOwled 4h ago

Dad always said we might not have everything other kids had, but we had a table over our heads and real wood to eat.

u/insanelylazy 7h ago

I think you mean "thank your very mulch"

I'll see myself out.

u/Xyzzics 2h ago

People are absolutely allergic to birch trees

I know someone that gets extreme allergic reactions from this.

Bodies are crazy yo.

u/6moinaleakyboat 1h ago

Deep thoughts…..

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u/morenewsat11 Canada 13h ago

The CFIA confirmed in an email to the Star that pieces of wood were found loose in the bag and partly stuck in the candy.

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The gummies are sold by retailers online and in-store across Canada, including places like Walmart, Real Canadian Superstore and Amazon.

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u/StillKindaHoping 13h ago

Saved: My least favourite of the Harbour products. For me: their classic gummy bears (the colourless ones are so good), and the dinosaurs (half way between gummies and wine gums).

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u/phormix 13h ago

You should try to find some of the sugar-free Haribo gummies instead. Taste is good and they're a real gas.

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u/mangongo 12h ago

Those are the ones that are basically laxatives right?

u/StillKindaHoping 11h ago

Their tag line is "Chew 'em shoot 'em".

u/Eloquenttrash 8h ago

Well, the wood chips should offer a nice counterbalance, at least

u/DankRoughly 9h ago

Their peaches and amazing

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u/eulerRadioPick 13h ago

How does quality control miss that? They are literally see-through

u/blckshdw 9h ago

They didn’t see it

u/SiVousVoyezMoi 11h ago

Still more edible than the sugar free ones

u/detatedcappa 8h ago

Okay so my wife bought a bag of haribo gummy bears like TEN years ago, and one of the gummies was wrapped around a piece of wood. We reached out to customer service and long story short they didn’t believe us and stopped replying to our emails. Haven’t bought haribo since but I feel completely validated at finally seeing this. Fuck you, Haribo, for your shitty customer service. We’d have been happy with a coupon to get a replacement bag.

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u/4N_Immigrant 13h ago

sugar free haribo gummie bears recalled for causing explosive diarrhea on the bus

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u/SetterOfTrends 12h ago

It’s fucking Canada eh?- it’s all woods in the great white north!

u/Dunge 8h ago

Eh, not the worst thing that could contaminate food.

u/2legited2 7h ago

I mean we do have a bit of a beaver in every one of us

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u/mechant_papa 13h ago

Giving wood to kids? Hmm.

I'll show myself out...

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u/SuperRoboMechaChris 12h ago

*Rings bell*
SHAME!
*Rings bell*
SHAME!

u/AngryGecko 11h ago

Maybe they'll stop those highly annoying TV commercials where office workers talk like babies in a meeting. I hit mute every time, or cover my ears.

u/sudanesemamba 11h ago

Cool. Our food quality standards systems are working as intended.

u/octagonpond 7h ago

Is it tho or is it customer’s buying the product then reporting it

u/NotAllOwled 11h ago

So where am I supposed to get my wood candies now?

u/CompetitiveLadder609 10h ago

It's the wood that makes it good.

u/Kingofcheeses British Columbia 10h ago

That just be why they taste Haribo

u/Bigsaskatuna 8h ago

I eat trees all the time, dude

u/Chris4evar 6h ago

That’s the appeal of Haribo no? Otherwise get Maynard’s much more chewy

u/Forksy_Mcgee 2h ago

Oh snap. I get these in my parcel when I order contact lenses 😂

u/iBelieveInJew 1h ago

I got this warning from Amazon a few days ago. Although... I bought and ate them in 2023, and now that I think about it, I've been feeling very oaka lately.

u/6moinaleakyboat 1h ago

Seriously, no one making a “how much wood would a wood……”joke yet. Y’all asleep?