Here's why Mars and Snickers were recalled to 55 countries! Shocking!

Here's why Mars and Snickers were recalled to 55 countries! Shocking!

While touring a supermarket, it is not surprising to succumb to the charm and temptation of one of the many chocolate bars arranged on the shelves, especially if you have a little hollow or if you are in the mood To please you. However, some of these sweets have recently been the subject of a great scandal because they contained plastic. So what happened?

Plastic in Mars and Snickers chocolate bars

This scandal broke out in early 2016, on January 8, when a German consumer complained that he had found a piece of red plastic in his barchocolateSnickers. Produced by Mars, considered a giant of the food industry, this chocolate bar and other confectionery made by the same company were recalled in 55 countries around the world, including Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

After an internal investigation to determine the cause of such an incident, it turned out that the chocolate bar concerned originated from the factory in Veghel in the Netherlands, the production of which was intended for export .As for the red plastic end, it would have detached itself from one of the protective filters used during the manufacturing process, to find itself inside the bar.

This incident, even though it is "isolated and strictly limited", according to a press release from the company, pushed the company, as a preventive measure, to recall markets all products from the factory where the incident occurred , And to invite all consumers who may be concerned to contact her directly by email or telephone.

The products concerned by the recall in France:

According to a statement from Mars France, the products concerned by the recall are the following:

• Mars chocolate bars, Whose expiry date (DLC) is between September 4 and October 18, 2016,
• Snickers Chocolate BarsWhose DLC is between July 3 and August 21, 2016,
• Packs of miniatures Mix tuboWhose DLC is between July 10 and September 11, 2016,
• Celebrations CandyWhose DLC is between June 19 and August 21, 2016.

Other products have also been recalled in other countries.

An incident that recalls another

The Mars group has already been at the heart of the news, following another reminder of its products, two years ago. Indeed, in 2014, it had to removedrinksChocolates with the names of Mars Milk, Milky Way Milk and Bounty Drink, manufactured by the German company Milchwerke Mittelebe GmbH and sold in 350 ml bottles with sport stoppers.This decision was made following the discovery of the probable presence of a pathogenic bacterium called Bacillus Subtilis, which is not very virulent but can cause some health problems, including food poisoning.

Confectionery consumption: what impact on health?

Containing or not plastic, confectionery in general and chocolate bars in particular are very rich in fat, sugar and chemicals (dyes, preservatives, additives ...) which present a real danger to health.In addition to promoting oral health problems such as caries that aresugar, Consumption of these products increases the risk of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

It is therefore recommended to turn to healthier natural alternatives, such as seasonal fruits, dried fruit and homemade sweets made from natural sweeteners (honey, stevia, maple syrup, etc.).

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After, After an, an internal, internal investigation, investigation to, to determine, determine the, the cause, cause of, of such, such an, an incident,, incident, it, it turned, turned out, out that, that the, the chocolate, chocolate bar, bar concerned, concerned originated, originated from, from the, the factory, factory in, in Veghel, Veghel in, in the, the Netherlands,, Netherlands, the, the production, production of, of which, which was, was intended, intended for, for export, export ., . As, As for, for the, the red, red plastic, plastic end,, end, it, it would, would have, have detached, detached itself, itself from, from one, one of, of the, the protective, protective filters, filters used, used during, during the, the manufacturing, manufacturing process,, process, to, to find, find itself, itself inside, inside the, the bar., bar. 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Products, Products Affected, Affected by, by the, the recall, recall in, in France, France &, & nbsp, nbsp ;:, ;: According, According to, to a, a press, press release, release from, from Mars, Mars France,, France, the, the products, products concerned, concerned by, by the, the recall, recall are, are as, as follows:, follows: Mars, Mars chocolate, chocolate bars,, bars, whose, whose expiry, expiry date, date (DLC), (DLC) is, is between, between 04, 04 September, September and, and 18, 18 October, October 2016, 2016 &, & nbsp;, nbsp; The, The Snickers, Snickers chocolate, chocolate bars,, bars, whose, whose DLC, DLC is, is between, between July, July 3, 3 and, and August, August 21,, 21, 2016,, 2016, The, The Packs, Packs of, of miniatures, miniatures Mix, Mix tubo, tubo whose, whose DLC, DLC is, is between, between July, July 10, 10 and, and September, September 11,, 11, 2016,, 2016, Candy, Candy Celebrations, Celebrations &, & nbsp;, nbsp; whose, whose DLC, DLC is, is between, between the, the 19, 19 June, June and, and August, August 21,, 21, 2016., 2016. &, & nbsp;, nbsp; Other, Other products, products have, have also, also been, been recalled, recalled in, in other, other countries., countries. An, An incident, incident that, that reminds, reminds one, one Another, Another The, The group, group Mars, Mars has, has already, already been, been at, at the, the heart, heart of, of the, the news,, news, following, following another, another recall, recall of, of its, its products,, products, two, two years, years ago., ago. Indeed,, Indeed, in, in 2014,, 2014, it, it had, had to, to remove, remove chocolate, chocolate beverages, beverages with, with the, the names, names of, of Mars, Mars Milk,, Milk, Milky, Milky Way, Way Milk, Milk and, and Bounty, Bounty Drink,, Drink, manufactured, manufactured by, by the, the German, German company, company Milchwerke, Milchwerke Mittelebe, Mittelebe GmbH,, GmbH, and, and sold, sold in, in 350, 350 ml, ml bottles, bottles with, with a, a sports, sports stopper, stopper ., . This, This decision, decision was, was made, made following, following the, the discovery, discovery of, of the, the probable, probable presence, presence of, of a, a pathogenic, pathogenic bacterium, bacterium called, called Bacillus, Bacillus Subtilis,, Subtilis, which, which is, is not, not very, very virulent, virulent but, but can, can cause, cause some, some health, health problems,, problems, including, including food, food poisoning., poisoning. 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In, In addition, addition to, to promoting, promoting oral, oral health, health problems, problems such, such as, as the, the onset, onset of, of caries,, caries, which, which are, are predominantly, predominantly sugars,, sugars, the, the consumption, consumption of, of these, these products, products increases, increases the, the risk, risk of, of obesity,, obesity, diabetes, diabetes and, and cardiovascular, cardiovascular disease., disease. It, It is, is therefore, therefore recommended, recommended to, to look, look Healthy, Healthy natural, natural alternatives, alternatives such, such as, as seasonal, seasonal fruits,, fruits, dried, dried fruit, fruit and, and homemade, homemade sweets, sweets made, made from, from natural, natural sweeteners, sweeteners (honey,, (honey, stevia,, stevia, maple, maple syrup,, syrup, etc.)., Heres why Mars, why Mars and, Mars and Snickers, and Snickers were, Snickers were recalled, were recalled to, recalled to 55, to 55 countries, 55 countries Shocking, countries Shocking While, Shocking While touring, While touring a, touring a supermarket,, a supermarket, it, supermarket, it is, it is not, is not surprising, not surprising to, surprising to succumb, to succumb to, succumb to the, to the charm, the charm and, charm and temptation, and temptation of, temptation of one, of one of, one of the, of the many, the many chocolate, many chocolate bars, chocolate bars arranged, bars arranged on, arranged on the, on the shelves,, the shelves, especially, shelves, especially if, especially if you, if you have, you have a, have a little, a little hollow, little hollow or, hollow or if, or if you, if you are, you are in, are in the, in the mood, the mood To, mood To please, To please you., please you. However,, you. However, some, However, some of, some of these, of these sweets, these sweets have, sweets have recently, have recently been, recently been the, been the subject, the subject of, subject of a, of a great, a great scandal, great scandal because, scandal because they, because they contained, they contained plastic., contained plastic. So, plastic. So what, So what happened?, what happened? Plastic, happened? Plastic in, Plastic in Mars, in Mars and, Mars and Snickers, and Snickers chocolate, Snickers chocolate bars, chocolate bars This, bars This scandal, This scandal broke, scandal broke out, broke out in, out in early, in early 2016,, early 2016, on, 2016, on January, on January 8,, January 8, when, 8, when a, when a German, a German consumer, German consumer filed, consumer filed a, filed a complaint, a complaint for, complaint for finding, for finding a, finding a piece, a piece of, piece of red, of red plastic, red plastic in, plastic in his, in his Snickers, his Snickers chocolate, Snickers chocolate bar., chocolate bar. Produced, bar. Produced by, Produced by Mars,, by Mars, considered, Mars, considered a, considered a giant, a giant of, giant of the, of the food, the food industry,, food industry, this, industry, this chocolate, this chocolate bar, chocolate bar and, bar and other, and other confectionery, other confectionery made, confectionery made by, made by the, by the same, the same company, same company were, company were recalled, were recalled in, recalled in 55, in 55 countries, 55 countries around, countries around the, around the world,, the world, including, world, including Germany,, including Germany, France,, Germany, France, Spain,, France, Spain, Belgium,, Spain, Belgium, Italy,, Belgium, Italy, the, Italy, the United, the United Kingdom,, United Kingdom, the, Kingdom, the Netherlands,, the Netherlands, Sri, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka and, Lanka and Vietnam., and Vietnam. After, Vietnam. After an, After an internal, an internal investigation, internal investigation to, investigation to determine, to determine the, determine the cause, the cause of, cause of such, of such an, such an incident,, an incident, it, incident, it turned, it turned out, turned out that, out that the, that the chocolate, the chocolate bar, chocolate bar concerned, bar concerned originated, concerned originated from, originated from the, from the factory, the factory in, factory in Veghel, in Veghel in, Veghel in the, in the Netherlands,, the Netherlands, the, Netherlands, the production, the production of, production of which, of which was, which was intended, was intended for, intended for export, for export ., export . As, . As for, As for the, for the red, the red plastic, red plastic end,, plastic end, it, end, it would, it would have, would have detached, have detached itself, detached itself from, itself from one, from one of, one of the, of the protective, the protective filters, protective filters used, filters used during, used during the, during the manufacturing, the manufacturing process,, manufacturing process, to, process, to find, to find itself, find itself inside, itself inside the, inside the bar., the bar. This, bar. This incident,, This incident, even, incident, even though, even though it, though it is, it is "isolated, is "isolated and, "isolated and strictly, and strictly limited",, strictly limited", according, limited", according to, according to a, to a press, a press release, press release from, release from the, from the company,, the company, prompted, company, prompted the, prompted the company,, the company, as, company, as a, as a preventive, a preventive measure,, preventive measure, to, measure, to recall, to recall markets, recall markets all, markets all the, all the products, the products from, products from the, from the plant, the plant where, plant where it, where it takes, it takes place, takes place The, place The incident,, The incident, and, incident, and to, and to invite, to invite all, invite all consumers, all consumers who, consumers who might, who might be, might be concerned, be concerned to, concerned to contact, to contact her, contact her directly, her directly by, directly by email, by email or, email or telephone., or telephone. Products, telephone. Products Affected, Products Affected by, Affected by the, by the recall, the recall in, recall in France, in France &, France & nbsp, & nbsp ;:, nbsp ;: According, ;: According to, According to a, to a press, a press release, press release from, release from Mars, from Mars France,, Mars France, the, France, the products, the products concerned, products concerned by, concerned by the, by the recall, the recall are, recall are as, are as follows:, as follows: Mars, follows: Mars chocolate, Mars chocolate bars,, chocolate bars, whose, bars, whose expiry, whose expiry date, expiry date (DLC), date (DLC) is, (DLC) is between, is between 04, between 04 September, 04 September and, September and 18, and 18 October, 18 October 2016, October 2016 &, 2016 & nbsp;, & nbsp; The, nbsp; The Snickers, The Snickers chocolate, Snickers chocolate bars,, chocolate bars, whose, bars, whose DLC, whose DLC is, DLC is between, is between July, between July 3, July 3 and, 3 and August, and August 21,, August 21, 2016,, 21, 2016, The, 2016, The Packs, The Packs of, Packs of miniatures, of miniatures Mix, miniatures Mix tubo, Mix tubo whose, tubo whose DLC, whose DLC is, DLC is between, is between July, between July 10, July 10 and, 10 and September, and September 11,, September 11, 2016,, 11, 2016, Candy, 2016, Candy Celebrations, Candy Celebrations &, Celebrations & nbsp;, & nbsp; whose, nbsp; whose DLC, whose DLC is, DLC is between, is between the, between the 19, the 19 June, 19 June and, June and August, and August 21,, August 21, 2016., 21, 2016. &, 2016. & nbsp;, & nbsp; Other, nbsp; Other products, Other products have, products have also, have also been, also been recalled, been recalled in, recalled in other, in other countries., other countries. An, countries. An incident, An incident that, incident that reminds, that reminds one, reminds one Another, one Another The, Another The group, The group Mars, group Mars has, Mars has already, has already been, already been at, been at the, at the heart, the heart of, heart of the, of the news,, the news, following, news, following another, following another recall, another recall of, recall of its, of its products,, its products, two, products, two years, two years ago., years ago. Indeed,, ago. Indeed, in, Indeed, in 2014,, in 2014, it, 2014, it had, it had to, had to remove, to remove chocolate, remove chocolate beverages, chocolate beverages with, beverages with the, with the names, the names of, names of Mars, of Mars Milk,, Mars Milk, Milky, Milk, Milky Way, Milky Way Milk, Way Milk and, Milk and Bounty, and Bounty Drink,, Bounty Drink, manufactured, Drink, manufactured by, manufactured by the, by the German, the German company, German company Milchwerke, company Milchwerke Mittelebe, Milchwerke Mittelebe GmbH,, Mittelebe GmbH, and, GmbH, and sold, and sold in, sold in 350, in 350 ml, 350 ml bottles, ml bottles with, bottles with a, with a sports, a sports stopper, sports stopper ., stopper . This, . This decision, This decision was, decision was made, was made following, made following the, following the discovery, the discovery of, discovery of the, of the probable, the probable presence, probable presence of, presence of a, of a pathogenic, a pathogenic bacterium, pathogenic bacterium called, bacterium called Bacillus, called Bacillus Subtilis,, Bacillus Subtilis, which, Subtilis, which is, which is not, is not very, not very virulent, very virulent but, virulent but can, but can cause, can cause some, cause some health, some health problems,, health problems, including, problems, including food, including food poisoning., food poisoning. Confectionary, poisoning. Confectionary Consumption, Confectionary Consumption &, Consumption & nbsp, & nbsp ;:, nbsp ;: what, ;: what impact, what impact on, impact on health, on health &, health & nbsp;, & nbsp; Containing, nbsp; Containing or, Containing or not, or not plastic,, not plastic, confectionery, plastic, confectionery in, confectionery in general, in general and, general and chocolate, and chocolate bars, chocolate bars in, bars in particular, in particular are, particular are very, are very rich, very rich in, rich in fat,, in fat, sugar, fat, sugar and, sugar and chemicals, and chemicals (dyes,, chemicals (dyes, preservatives,, (dyes, preservatives, additives, preservatives, additives ...), additives ...) which, ...) which present, which present a, present a real, a real danger, real danger to, danger to health., to health. In, health. In addition, In addition to, addition to promoting, to promoting oral, promoting oral health, oral health problems, health problems such, problems such as, such as the, as the onset, the onset of, onset of caries,, of caries, which, caries, which are, which are predominantly, are predominantly sugars,, predominantly sugars, the, sugars, the consumption, the consumption of, consumption of these, of these products, these products increases, products increases the, increases the risk, the risk of, risk of obesity,, of obesity, diabetes, obesity, diabetes and, diabetes and cardiovascular, and cardiovascular disease., cardiovascular disease. It, disease. It is, It is therefore, is therefore recommended, therefore recommended to, recommended to look, to look Healthy, look Healthy natural, Healthy natural alternatives, natural alternatives such, alternatives such as, such as seasonal, as seasonal fruits,, seasonal fruits, dried, fruits, dried fruit, dried fruit and, fruit and homemade, and homemade sweets, homemade sweets made, sweets made from, made from natural, from natural sweeteners, natural sweeteners (honey,, sweeteners (honey, stevia,, (honey, stevia, maple, stevia, maple syrup,, maple syrup, etc.).