POPULAR bags of chocolate have been urgently recalled over fears they bits of rubber.
Mars’ Revels were found to contain small pieces of rubber, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
It makes the product “unsafe to eat”, the watchdog said.
An FSA spokesperson said: “Mars Wrigley UK is taking the precautionary step of recalling a limited number of Revels.
“[This is] due to the potential presence of very small pieces of rubber.
They added: “If you have one of the products listed above, please keep the product, and contact Mars Wrigley Consumer Care team […] to arrange a refund.”
The number is 0800 952 0084; email www.mars.co.uk/contactus; post FREEPOST MARS WRIGLEY CONFECTIONERY UK LTD.
This is a full list of the Revels products being recalled, and their best-before dates.
In most cases, swallowing a small piece of rubber will cause no major issues. It should be processed by the digestive tract and exit the body naturally.
However, small objects can be a choking risk, particularly for young children.
Choking happens when someone’s airway suddenly gets fully or partly blocked.
Around 276 Brits died from choking in 2021, according to the Office For National Statistics.
The number of people dying from choking on objects other than food more than doubled in the two years up to 2021 compared to the previous two years.
It comes after Lidl recalled Fin Carre White Chocolate over fears they contain plastic and are ‘unsafe to eat’.
The sweet treat had been affected by a “potential presence of foreign bodies (plastic) which may present a choking hazard”, officials said.
Choking happens when someone's airway suddenly gets blocked, either fully or partly, so they can't breathe or breathe properly.
Mild choking
If the airway is only partly blocked, the person will usually be able to speak, cry, cough or breathe, and may be able to clear the blockage themselves.
In adults:
In children:
Severe choking
In adults:
Where choking is severe, the person won’t be able to speak, cry, cough or breathe.
Without help, they’ll eventually become unconscious, so you should carry out back blows.
In children:
Back blows can be carried out on children under one year.
If this doesn’t work, chest thrusts can be started on kids up to 12 months old, and abdominal thrusts on those over one year.
Call 999 if the blockage doesn’t come out after trying back blows and either chest or abdominal thrusts.
Keep trying this cycle until help arrives.
Even if the object has come out, get medical help. Part of the object might have been left behind, or the procedure might have hurt the patient.
Source: NHS
