Mars has widened a chocolate recall to 55 countries - including Uk

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Chocolate maker Mars has widened its recall of chocolate products to 55 countries.

In the UK the products affected include funsize Mars and Milky Way bars and certain kinds of boxes of Celebrations.
It comes after a customer in Germany found bits of plastic in a Snickers bar in January.
The plastic was traced back to the Mars factory in the southern town of Veghel in the Netherlands.
A spokesperson for Mars said the recall only involved products manufactured at Veghel.

The food giant said it has decided to voluntarily recall some products as a precaution.
The recall covers mostly countries in Europe and does not extend to the US.
The products have best before dates from May 2016 to 8 January 2017.
The US company has not said how many bars are affected or how much the recall will cost it.
A full list of products affected can be found on the company's website, www.mars.de, but that address carried a message saying the server was too busy on Tuesday afternoon.
The company said in a statement: "With this recall, we would like to prevent consumers who have purchased one of the above-mentioned products from consuming it."
The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) said: "Mars has just confirmed to the FSA that there has been UK distribution of products recalled in the Netherlands and Germany. We are awaiting full distribution details from the company and will publish advice shortly."
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