GUWAHATI: The Telangana State Food Laboratory has called Cadbury chocolate unsafe to consume after confirming the presence of worms in the chocolate which was bought by a person in Hyderabad earlier this month.
The Telangana State Food laboratory revealed in a report that the Cadbury ‘Roasted Almond’ Chocolate had white worms and web and the chocolate is considered unsafe to consume as per section 3.1 of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006.
The report revealed that the chocolate was found to fail the Regulation No.2.7.4 of the Food Safety and Standards (Food Product standards and food additives) Regulations of 2011, along with the section 3(1) (zz) (iii) (ix) of Food Safety and Standards Act of 2006.
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The report was shared by Robin Zaccheus, an X user who had earlier found worms in his chocolate which he had purchased from a retail outlet at a metro station in Hyderabad on February 9.
The user shared an update on his X handle yesterday, where he also shared the report from the Telangana State Lab and said, “The Telangana State Food laboratory has confirmed the Cadbury Chocolate (Roasted Almond) was “UNSAFE TO CONSUME” they found WHITE WORMS & WEB! Here’s the report of the 2 Cadbury chocolates purchased at Ratnadeep Retail. It is perhaps high time that FMCG companies are made accountable and penalised for supplying unsafe food that our children consume very often!
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“@MDLZ @DairyMilkIn & @Ratnadeepretail must accept take complete responsibility of this utter negligence for endangering public health. I urge people to be cautious while consuming these chocolates, especially when we give it to our innocent children. Dear @mansukhmandviyaJi, My sincere appeal to you! Pls do not let not these companies make mockery of the system. These violent must be strictly punished and licenses should be cancelled,” he further said.
In response to his post, Cadbury India claimed that the contamination was not caused during the manufacturing process and said, “Hi, Mondelez follows the internationally accepted HACCP (Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points) programme, which is the most comprehensive food safety system in the world, to ensure that our products are free from any physical, chemical and microbiological issues.
“Chocolate like any other food product requires specific care and attention in the distribution chain, retail environment and in storage. We have tested the samples of the same batch, as well as other batches manufactured around the same time and found no issues. We are confident that the product has not been affected during the manufacturing process,” the company further said.