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Larvae make for bittersweet Symphony

by Nick Vagnoni, Posted Feb 3rd 2006 @ 2:13PM

Two Milford, Mass., girls got more than they bargained for when they shared a Hershey's Symphony bar laden with what are thought to have been moth larvae. Employees of the Walgreens where the chocolate was sold quickly removed the rest of the bars from shelves to find that they too had bug problems. The larvae aren't so much a health risk as a disgusting nuisance, according to a local health official quoted in a recent Metro West Daily News article. Still, the girls and their family claim the incident left them feeling ill.

Filed Under: Newspapers, Ingredients
Tags: bugs, chocolate, east coast, larvae, symphony

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2-03-2006 @2:46PM cybele said... I know a lot of chocolate afficiandos complain about candy companies moving to the sealed plastic/mylar packaging, but it really is better for keeping the sweets fresh and pest free.

I have had problems with cupboard moths before but have found that they prefer the starchy stuff over the chocolate for the most part. When I talked to our exterminator about the problem (he was there for termites) he said that it's only been in the last 10 years that the cupboard moths have really erupted because cross-state trucks no longer fumigate between loads and it's very easy for stuff to arrive at stores with the buggers already in there.
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