The Alberta RCMP are warning parents to take precautions after fentanyl was found on Halloween candy.
Parents in Rocky Mountain House, about two and half hours southwest of Edmonton, turned a package of sour patch kids candy over to the Alberta RCMP after noticing it was open.
Cpl. Troy Savinkoff told True North initial tests determined the candy was “presumptive positive” for fentanyl, meaning someone could have had fentanyl on their hands while they handled the candy.
The RCMP is running lab tests to determine the candy’s substance. Those tests are not yet complete, Savinkoff confirmed on Monday.
Meanwhile, the RCMP is encouraging parents to take extra precautions and examine all candy obtained on Halloween.
“Unsealed candy should be immediately disposed of,” an RCMP statement reads.
“Should you find any suspicious items in your candy, please contact the Rocky Mountain House RCMP or your local Police.”
Parents elsewhere in Alberta are also reporting incidents with their children’s Halloween candy.
In a public post on Facebook last week, Andrea Gibbon-Aucoin said her husband “snuck” one of her child’s Aero chocolate bars — and chewed on a sewing pin. The child went trick or treating around the family’s Fort McMurray neighbourhood, she said.
“So get your kids to crack their chocolate bars open before eating them,” Gibbon-Aucoin wrote.
“What goes through people’s minds to ever want to hurt children?! This breaks my heart and makes me sick to my stomach.”
The post has 960 shares on Facebook.
Gibbon-Aucoin also said the incident has been reported to the local RCMP and that “there have been many people calling them.”
