Peanut Shell Fragment Found in Dare Jelly Beans!!!!

[PurpleCat]

I believe this may be Canada specific.

Peanut Allergy and Anaphylaxis Awareness

I just saw this on Facebook and I'm not sure if this link will work.  The link does not seem to be working.  The FB group is Peanut Allergy and Anaphylaxis Awareness.

These Dare Jelly Beans were purchased at Sobey's and the Mom posted a picture of the bag and the peanut shell piece.  Dare is suppose to be Peanut Free. 

[hezzier]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202892209693521&set=p.10202892209693521&type=1

let's see if this one works

[PurpleCat]

How did you do that?

There are lots more comments now and the mom that found the shell has called and left a message at Dare.

[Macabre]

Yikes. Very, very scary.

Okay--I'm going to ask the less obvious question:  why in the heck was a church having an Easter party this weekend?  Easter is April 20th. I could understand having it Holy Saturday, but three weeks ahead?  No way. That is crazy.

[nameless]

My initial thought is:  Is that a regularly posting member of that FB group or is it a newly recent join and possible troll?

[twinturbo]

Does anyone else find the following weird?

It's a peanut shell meaning unshelled peanuts rather than shelled peanuts are in ANY facility that processes peanut products? Would the overwhelming statistical likelihood not be a shelled peanut fragment?

Who would hold the shell? I'd take a picture on a piece of paper in my garage but not in my hand in the kitchen.

Just my thoughts.

[becca]

Thinking possibly an employee at the plant and tampering? 

[twinturbo]

That. Or that the timing of this is April First~ish instead of Easter~ish.

[hezzier]

https://www.facebook.com/DareCandyCo/posts/536679913111559

This was posted on my local allergy support group FB page

[spacecanada]

Per Dare's FB page, they did testing of the questionable product, several bags from the same lot, and on bags from the same store and found no detectable peanut proteins on the outside or inside of the bag or on the candies themselves.  I'm quite impressed with their quick response on this. 
https://www.facebook.com/DareCandyCo

[twinturbo]

Are there any updates since then?

[PurpleCat]

I haven't seen anything new on this on either facebook page.

[YouKnowWho]

No peanut protein found per the page.

I am inclined to believe them.  They know where their future sales lay, kwim? 

[twinturbo]

This wasn't a hoax?

[SilverLining]

Neither link to the picture is working.

No recall on the CFIA web site.