(new: Countries, EU Commission and Mars-reaction in the 1st, 3rd and 4th paragraph)
VIERSEN (AFX) – Giant recall of chocolate bars: the US confectionery giant Mars warns its customers against the consumption of sweets the brands Mars and Snickers and of some products of brands Milky Way and Celebrations. In one product a plastic had been found, the company said on Tuesday. A danger of suffocation could not be excluded. Mars have therefore decided to voluntary recall. Besides Germany, dozens of countries worldwide are affected.
These are products with expiration dates between June 2016 and January 8, 2017. 19 The candies were the beginning of January to early February produced in the Netherlands, said a company spokesman.
A consumer ‘in Germany have complained afterwards was the “voluntary recall” has been initiated. The plastic part was just under half a centimeter in size. “We had a concern that possibly choking hazard,” said the company spokesman. The company wants to meet with the recall of its responsibility towards the customer. A Mars spokesman in the US said to dpa inquiry evening, you start from a single case.
According to the European Commission are in the recall of US confectionery giant more than 50 countries affected. The Netherlands reported until Tuesday evening 59 affected countries and territories with the authorities in Brussels. Recalls therefore, there is in all EU countries, except Bulgaria and Luxembourg. About a database, the information is passed to all EU states. As the affected bolts were manufactured in the Netherlands, the local authorities reported the information to Brussels
A spokesman for the Federal Ministry of Food in Berlin told dpa inquiry. “After all, what we know at this time, are the necessary measures that are required in such cases, have been taken. “
the bit of plastic came from a lid, with a line would be completed, cited the Dutch TV station NOS a Mars spokesman. Probably had something went wrong when replacing a line – possibly plastic is that gets into chocolate bar
Mars had when the recall deliberately chosen a very long production period, to ensure that all potentially affected products were retrieved.. Other products of the manufacturer as M & amp; M, Balisto or Twix are not affected according to the company
The company apologized to the customers.. As the plastic complained could reach the bolt, will still under investigation, said the spokesman. For the number of affected products Mars could initially make any comments. Currently will assess the extent to which affected sweets were delivered and where they were in.
Milky Way according to the company in Germany, only the products Milky Way Mini and Miniatures are affected by the recall, at Celebrations various sales packaging of the Bonbonbox on the metal box to the egg. For details, see customer on the website www.mars.de.
Consumers who bought the affected products, can contact by telephone (+49 2162 500 2150) or by using a contact form on the website contact the company. However, the rush of concerned customers called Tuesday protested the capacities of the page. She was unreachable for hours
Mars have not acted on the orders of the authorities, was but a legal responsibility to recall the contaminated product, emphasized a spokesman for the North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of consumer protection. The Ministry will consider the entire process.
The US Mars Family is for a ranking of “Lebensmittel Zeitung” world’s second largest confectionery manufacturer, behind American rival Mondelez, but far ahead of the Swiss competitor Nestle. At the German site Viersen near Dusseldorf about 600 employees make every day around 10 million snacks her./sil/mov/rea/DP/enl
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