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    I'm never eating chocolate again (at least, not without looking closely first)

    A metro man said he unwrapped an unwelcome surprise in a candy bar and it made his stomach turn.

    Reginald Ganther said he was working late producing Christian music and wanted a sweet snack, so he took a bite of a Hershey's almond candy bar.

    "When I went to grab another piece, I saw the worm," he said.

    He said he was mortified, but did some investigating.

    "I opened up the wrapper and there was a bunch of bug (matter)," he said. "Like they had peeled their shell or skin."

    Ganther said the sight was too disgusting for his eyes or his stomach.

    "I threw up a couple of times last night, but it was the grossness of it my mind, seeing the bugs still alive," he said.

    He said he took the candy bar back to the store where he bought it.

    "They have removed that box off the shelf," he said.

    He also contacted Hershey. The company told him and Eyewitness News 5 that it's something that sometimes happens, usually after products leave their production centers. The company said it's an isolated incident and pledged to send Ganther some coupons.

    Ganther said he also thinks it's an isolated incident, but it may be awhile before he eats one again. He said other people follow his lead before taking another bite.

    "Inspect it first," he said. "Pray over it before you bite into it."
    Video: http://www.koco.com/news/21234392/detail.html#

    Looking to find the video from the link above on YouTube (I didn't), I found this one, EEEWWWW!!!
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    omg you're ruining my favorite food for me!!! and at halloween time too!!! gross!!!!!!!!1
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    DV, love your stories. But today my purse holds 4 Hershey's Chocolate Bars that I had managed to take away from my kids over the weekend. I was so thrilled that I made it out with 4 candy bars, and now I am afraid to eat them.

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    I work at an online retailer that sells pest control products. I can not tell you how many chocolate producers call to buy products because they keep getting beetle and moth infestations. For every food product there is, there is a pest associated with it. They are called stored product pests or pantry pests. I am sure Hershey goes to great lengths to prevent this sort of thing from happening. They probably have tons of pheromone traps and insect growth regulators and weekly insecticide sprays. The bars were probably infested after they left the factory and were stored for longer than they should have been. The thing in the picture is the larvae of a beetle by the way.
    Last edited by Pene784; October 8th, 2009 at 03:55 PM.

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    i'll just have to eat my chocolate bars with my eyes closed.
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    I don't understand the issue. As my Grandfather would always say "Big deal--Free protein!"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Just my luck sucks View Post
    I don't understand the issue. As my Grandfather would always say "Big deal--Free protein!"
    I'll remember to save any I find just for you!
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    The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it. This one was just a little above average.
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    Glad I am not a big fan of chocolate..
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    Auggh! I love chocolate!

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    Is this a purely American phenomenon? I eat chocolate all the time, and have never come accross anything like this before!

    I did read once (years ago) about how American confectionery companies are allowed, by law, to have 10% by weight of 'cockroach parts' in their chocolate, as it is deemed 'impossible' to keep them out of the vats. (There was no mention about whether the UK is allowed the same)

    Maybe your food production hygiene standards are simply far more lax than ours!

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    Quote Originally Posted by carolinablue View Post
    i'll just have to eat my chocolate bars with my eyes closed.
    That's exactly what I did. I said screw this and just ate them...nom, nom, nom

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