Toronto Fire responded to two calls of unidentified white powder — one at the U of T campus and the other in Scarborough.

Both investigations found that the substance was not dangerous.

At around noon on Thursday, Toronto Paramedics got a call to a Canada Post office near Midland and Progress Aves. According to police a package containing white powder was found.

One person was transported to the hospital for an assessment after being in contact with the powder. Toronto Paramedics say the man was sprayed with the substance.

Colleagues who were within close proximity of the package were quarantined.

Toronto Fire confirmed that the powder was a mixture of white food substances.

The second incident was on the U of T campus, at 21 Sussex Ave. The building facilitates the campus police, the Varsity newspaper, the Community Safety Office, and a number of shared student spaces.

On Wednesday, the powder had been sent to the building in a sealed envelope, which was given to campus police. Toronto police were notified and collected the envelope on Thursday, according to U of T media assistant Jelena Damjanovic.

The powder in the envelope was later determined to be glitter.

No employees were at risk or harmed in this incident, said Damjanovic.

“You know the type of greeting cards people send with glitter inside them, that is what it was,” said Capt. Mike Strapko.

“A lot of resources had been deployed to ensure that it was nothing,” he says.

With files from Tamara Khandaker

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