And the child psychology of Halloween is "Gee, it's a wonderful treat to run around and collect tons of sugar and junk food". Sugar and junk food is good, it's a reward, it's a treat, it's special!
The psychology of this annual event, imprinted on vulnerable children, damages them for the rest of their lives, but it enormously enriches many corporations. But let's put that aside too.
Kids in the Philippines have been made ill by candies from China, and in the context of hundreds of defective toy recalls, perhaps parents should keep an eye on what candies the kids are eating this year.
Perhaps the danger is very slight. But is it zero? Suppose a bag of candy is labeled as coming from, say, Mexico. Good. But does that mean that the factory in Mexico doesn't import drums of sweetener syrup from China. And we know that China has used antifreeze to make their syrups go a little farther. Kind of like a heroin dealer cuts his product with something cheaper before it hits the streets.
If the product doesn't say, "Made in China", can we be sure that the product doesn't contain one or more ingredients from China?
Caveat emptor, folks.
