A corporate nightmare to chew on

This could not have been a good weekend for Hershey's of Canada, with millions of Canadians still devouring their Halloween bounty and Christmas gift giving on the horizon, it's a bad time for a product recall.

But there on the national news tonight a warning from Hershey's and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, to check your lot numbers to see if you have a batch of candy that you really don't want to eat.

Hershey has identified a number of products from their Smiths Fall's production facility that could be contaminated with salmonella.

It's any companies worst nightmare, but probably none worse than the confection industry which suffers at the whim of a customer at the best of times.

For Parents nervous for their little ones, the Halloween stash is most likely fine, as Hershey's is adamant that the problem has been localized to a number of brands, none of which would have been part of those bulk bags we like to purchase for the trick or treaters. They also have taken steps to reassure the public that all of their Christmas line is not under the recall order, nor does it have any contamination problems

For the most part company officials say that the risk is low to begin with, and that they have secured most of the supply already. But to be on the safe side, they have published a list of which chocolates are the ones of concern and what numbers you should be looking for. Hershey advises customers that the recall is for product produced or purchased between October 15 and November 10.