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Sewing needle found in Halloween chocolate bar: Peel police

Hershey's chocolate bars are on display in a Montreal store on Friday, June 21, 2013 in Montreal. File

Another foreign object was found inside a child’s Halloween candy, with Peel Police reporting a sewing needle was discovered inside a Hershey’s milk chocolate bar in Brampton.

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The child, who was not injured, had trick-or-treated in the area of Cranwood Circle, Bonnie Braes Drive and James Potter Road.

Police were made aware of the discovery on Nov. 7.

READ MORE: Barrie police join Chatham, London, Waterloo in reporting tampered Halloween candy

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This is the latest in a slew of reports of tainted Halloween candy in the Greater Toronto Area.

Last week, Barrie police reported an 11-year-old boy found an unidentified pill in an unwrapped cherry flavoured Tootsie Roll and Chatham-Kent police reported a needle was found in Snickers bar.

Police from all locations are reminding everyone to check all candy received on Halloween.

Police say a parent inspecting their child’s Halloween candy found a needle in a chocolate bar. Chatham-Kent Police Service

— With files from Jacquelyn LeBel

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