Post by: on June 23, 2006, 05:44:19 pm
The 250g Dairy Milk Turkish, Dairy Milk Caramel and Dairy Milk Mint bars, the Dairy Milk 8 chunk and the 1kg Dairy Milk bar are among products affected.
The 105g Dairy Milk Buttons Easter Egg and the Freddo bar were also affected.
The contamination was caused by a leaking pipe at Cadbury's Marlbrook plant, near Leominster, Herefordshire.
A Cadbury spokesman said the move had been carried out "purely as a precautionary measure".
"The levels are significantly below the standard that would be any health problem, but we are taking this measure as a precaution.
"If there are people who have eaten one of these chocolate bars today they should not worry, but they can get in touch with us if they are concerned for a full refund."
 | AFFECTED CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS Dairy Milk Turkish 250g Dairy Milk Caramel Dairy Milk Mint bars Dairy Milk 8 chunk Dairy Milk 1kg bar Dairy Milk Buttons Easter Egg 105g Freddo bar |
The factory at Marlbrook generates 97,000 tonnes of milk chocolate crumb every year.
It processes 180 million litres of fresh milk, 56,000 tonnes of sugar and 13,000 tonnes of cocoa liquor annually in the production process.
The crumb is transported to other sites at Bournville, near Birmingham, and Somerdale, near Bristol, to be blended with cocoa butter and turned into milk chocolate.
The spokesman said the company had been manufacturing chocolate for more than 100 years and always treated public wellbeing as its "highest priority".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5110674.stm
The best bit?
The free helpline number for Cadbury is 0800 818181
Ate one!? Some on here will have eaten lots!
Personally, I'll just stick to my inferior Nestle, thanks.
Post by: smurfboy on June 23, 2006, 05:49:14 pm
Post by: bethypoos on June 23, 2006, 09:39:52 pm
Apparently they knew this in January! Surely all the easter eggs will have been eaten!!! 
Hopefully people will be pi**ed off with Cadbury, and they will have to pay attention to public reaction. Maybe they'll even start listening, and reintroduce wispas!!! Or maybe not 
Post by: on June 23, 2006, 10:31:17 pm
You knew I was going to say it, didn't you? Eh? Eh? You knew it, didn't you? You did? Really you did?
CDM with Salmonella
Post by: Jamsi on June 23, 2006, 10:35:26 pm
Can I sue them if I get sick?
Imagine the payout... a life time supply of choccy Mmmmmmmmmm
Post by: on June 23, 2006, 10:38:25 pm
Post by: Forth Bridges on June 24, 2006, 01:39:46 am
Can I sue them if I get sick?
Imagine the payout... a life time supply of choccy Mmmmmmmmmm
I can imagine it but I would eat it!
Post by: on June 25, 2006, 08:16:17 am
Post by: on June 25, 2006, 10:05:42 pm
This has exposed what a lousy company Cadbury's are. They knew about this is January. I was hanging on to Flake as my last lip service to high street chocolate.
If anyone thinks any of the multi nationals are better than the other, stop deluding yourself. As long as the currency sign rules, they will do what it takes.
Post by: on June 25, 2006, 11:07:25 pm
CU are certainly not multinational. don't think HC are either.
Post by: smurfboy on June 25, 2006, 11:14:01 pm
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Post by: smurfboy on June 25, 2006, 11:17:07 pm
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Post by: loulou on June 26, 2006, 12:56:45 am
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Post by: loulou on June 26, 2006, 01:03:47 am
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Post by: on June 26, 2006, 09:17:20 am
Wilkinsons is the cheap shop for the poor. They won't have vouchers.
I would call it a bargain shop for household products like bin liners etc, but would never buy comestibles from there. Kwiksave is a poor people's shop as is Farmfoods.
Post by: loulou on June 26, 2006, 10:54:57 am
Post by: on June 26, 2006, 11:58:24 am
Comestible
noun. Something that can be eaten as food
adjective. Edible
Post by: loulou on June 26, 2006, 12:12:18 pm
Post by: chocadmin on June 28, 2006, 08:45:11 am
In case it hasn't been mentioned before, have you heard what they're going to do with the 250tons of recalled choc?
Yes they're going to bury it! They're warning people not to go treasure hunting for it 
Post by: loulou on June 28, 2006, 09:08:35 am
Post by: goldencup on June 28, 2006, 09:11:06 am
Post by: on June 28, 2006, 09:36:00 am
In case it hasn't been mentioned before, have you heard what they're going to do with the 250tons of recalled choc?
Yes they're going to bury it! They're warning people not to go treasure hunting for it
We there's no Bountys so I wont be hunting for it.
Post by: smurfboy on June 28, 2006, 12:52:53 pm
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Post by: kevvosa on June 29, 2006, 07:33:08 pm
Post by: smurfboy on June 29, 2006, 07:43:15 pm
Post by: Jamsi on June 30, 2006, 11:06:13 am
When I was in Morrisons a few days ago a woman was trying to buy a large bar of Cadbury's turkish delight and it came up on the till display to call for the manager. They told her that they weren't allowed to sell it to her cos of the scare, she told them she didn't mind taking the risk.. obviously gagging for some choc! They still said no. Then she told them they shouldn't have it on the shelf if they aren't allowed to sell it and that the shelf was full of Cadbury chocolate.
The Manager said she would get it all removed. I went in there 2 days later and the shelf was still stocked up with it!
crazy or what
Post by: on June 30, 2006, 11:40:42 am
Post by: on July 02, 2006, 08:05:15 pm
Why did it take Cadbury six months to tell the Food Standards Agency that it had found salmonella traces in the chocolate crumb at one of its factories? The sequence of events is still unclear but Cadbury claims the story began with a leaking pipe at its Malbrook plant. One possibility discussed in the press is that rats, mice or even wild birds – which can carry the Montevideo strain – may have contaminated the water in the pipe. Cadbury says the problem was detected by a private lab contracted by the company to monitor its production line. Then nothing. No calls to the FSA or relevant local authority. No product recall. No newspaper adverts. Instead the company kept quiet because it apparently thought the contamination posed no risk to human health. Indeed it still maintains there is no danger and it only recalled the chocolate bars to reassure the public. So why did the company change its mind and come clean last week? This is where it gets interesting. It just happened that the Health Protection Agency was investigating an unusual spike in the number of Salmonella Montevideo cases at the same time. Since March, 45 people have fallen ill compared with only 12 cases in the same period last year. By chance the private lab working for Cadbury sent the Montevideo sample it had taken from the Malbrook factory to the HPA to aid identification. The HPA realised it was similar to the strain which lay behind the food poisoning spike and alerted the FSA, although it stresses there is no direct evidence linking the increase to Cadbury’s contamination. The FSA contacted the private lab to discover the source of the sample. The lab told Cadbury and then – only then – did Cadbury decide to let the rest of the world in on what it already knew. This sorry tale raises many important questions. How exactly was the chocolate contaminated? Is the contamination linked to the national increase in salmonella poisoning? But the key question is this: why did it take Cadbury six months to tell the FSA about the contamination? And why did it then take another four days to organise a product recall after it was requested by the FSA?" http://www.cieh.org/ehn/editorial/2006/june/articles/chocola te_leaves_a_bad_taste.htm If this doesn't leave a bad taste in your mouth, the chocolate may well do it for you. |
Post by: on July 02, 2006, 09:59:40 pm
Post by: kevvosa on July 02, 2006, 11:06:52 pm
Post by: on July 02, 2006, 11:28:09 pm
I have made a switch to real chocolatiers, and it's not a day too soon. Not just Chocolate Utopia (hic!), but Hotel Chocolat, Lindt, Green & Black's and Cote D'or. Yes, it's more expensive bit at least it tastes of chocolate and not sugar and gloop.
Nestles, Cadbury's, Mars and yes Thornton's produce sham chocolate. Their products are not worthy of the name. They are the McDonald's of the confectionary world.
Post by: on July 02, 2006, 11:40:47 pm
In my experience it is not the little companies that try to ignore/bend the laws. It is the larger/multinationals who think they are above it.
Tesco are an arrogant bunch to deal with at HQ. On a local level they are actually pretty good.
Post by: smurfboy on July 03, 2006, 01:03:10 pm
I have made a switch to real chocolatiers, and it's not a day too soon. Not just Chocolate Utopia (hic!), but Hotel Chocolat, Lindt, Green & Black's and Cote D'or. Yes, it's more expensive bit at least it tastes of chocolate and not sugar and gloop.
Nestles, Cadbury's, Mars and yes Thornton's produce sham chocolate. Their products are not worthy of the name. They are the McDonald's of the confectionary world.
Bounty, do you know who owns Green and Blacks?
Post by: on July 03, 2006, 02:21:54 pm
Post by: kevvosa on July 03, 2006, 05:07:17 pm
CADBURY OWNS GREEN AND BLACKS !!!