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Go Easy on the Edible Sex Toys—They May Be Poisonous

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nutellaFirst the dogs, then the infants—it was just a matter of time before the melamine scandal would hit the adult entertainment sector. And then word came last Friday that the U.K.’s Food Standards Agency was issuing an alert against certain “novelty products” —namely, strawberry-flavored body pens and chocolate-flavored “willy spreads,” an edible balm that can be slathered on the penis.

The sex products contained levels of melamine up to 100 times over the legal limit, set at 2.5mg/kg. Melamine is a nitrogen-containing toxin that has recently been found in pet foods, baby formulas, and White Rabbit candies manufactured in China. It’s added to spike the amount of protein that shows up in food tests.

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October 21st, 2008 Tags: ,
by Nina Bai in Diseases, Injuries, & Other Ailments, Food, Nutrition, & More Food, Sex & Mating | 4 Comments » | RSS feed | Trackback >