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Chocolate eyeballs recalled in 13 states; Halloween candy has undeclared milk

KGW8 (Tegna, Portland OR) and WTNH News8 (Nexstar, New Haven) describe the same event in different terms.

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As of September 1, 2026 at 2:17 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened The recall affects products sold at Marshalls, TJ Maxx, Home Goods and Sierra Trading Post stores in 13 states.
The headline split WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville) frames it as "Chocolate eyeballs recalled in 13 states; Halloween candy has undeclared milk". WJW The Hill / Nexstar NewsNation frames it as "Halloween chocolate eyeballs recalled due to undeclared allergen".
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CenterChocolate eyeballs recalled in 13 states; Halloween candy has undeclared milk

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WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville)News report · Sep 1, 2:17 PM

Chocolate eyeballs recalled in 13 states; Halloween candy has undeclared milk

The recall affects products sold at Marshalls, TJ Maxx, Home Goods and Sierra Trading Post stores in 13 states.

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The HillNews report · Sep 1, 1:40 PM

Halloween candy sold in 13 states recalled

The recalled product was sold under the Crystal Temptations brand at Marshalls, TJ Maxx, Homegoods, and Sierra Trading post.

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WTNH News8 (Nexstar, New Haven)News report · Sep 1, 1:32 PM

Halloween candy sold in Connecticut recalled

The recalled product was sold under the Crystal Temptations brand at Marshalls, TJ Maxx, Homegoods, and Sierra Trading post.

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WJW The Hill / Nexstar NewsNationNews report · Sep 1, 1:26 PM

Halloween chocolate eyeballs recalled due to undeclared allergen

The candy was distributed in 13 states, and sold at Marshalls, TJ Maxx, Home Goods and Sierra Trading Post.

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Sep 1, 1:26 PM: WJW The Hill / Nexstar NewsNation joined the source map.

Sep 1, 1:32 PM: WTNH News8 (Nexstar, New Haven) joined the source map.

Sep 1, 1:40 PM: The Hill joined the source map.

Sep 1, 2:17 PM: WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville) joined the source map.

Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is developing · 8 sources · 1 bucket.