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Not to consume chocolate product imported from Switzerland suspected to contain plastic foreign matter

  • 2024.01.22
Issue Date22.1.2024
Source of Information

Notification from the manufacturer's Hong Kong representative

Food Product

Chocolate product

Product Name and Description

Product name: Milk Chocolate with Honey and Almond Nougat

Brand: TOBLERONE

Place of origin: Switzerland

Net weight: 100 grams

Importer and distributor: Integrated Market Services Asia Limited

Best-before date: December 1, 2024

Batch number: OOY4233553

Reason For Issuing Alert
  • The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) received a notification from the manufacturer's Hong Kong representative of the product concerned that the above-mentioned batch of the product is being recalled as it might contain plastic foreign matter.
Action Taken by the Centre for Food Safety
  • Upon learning of the incident, the CFS immediately contacted the importer and distributor concerned for follow-up. According to the information it provided, the importer and distributor concerned has already stopped sale and removed from shelves the affected batch of the product, and voluntarily initiated a recall.
  • The CFS will alert the trade to the incident, continue to follow up and take appropriate action. An investigation is ongoing.
Advice to the Trade
  • Stop using or selling the affected batch of the product immediately if they possess it.
Advice to Consumers
  • Not to consume the affected batch of the product if they have bought any.
Further Information

The CFS press release

Members of the public may call the importer and distributor's hotline at 2848 0808 during office hours for enquiries about the recall.

Reposted from HKSAR Government webpage:
https://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/whatsnew/whatsnew_fa/2024_542.html