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Cadbury recalls chocolate Easter eggs

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Wednesday, 08 March 2006

With Easter only six weeks away, Cadbury has launched a nationwide recall of an estimated one million chocolate eggs.

And it took one injury, a piece of hard plastic cutting the inside of a consumer's mouth, to trigger the move.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people not to eat 39-gram Caramilk eggs in three flavours because they may contain plastic bits.

Cadbury Adams Canada identified the problem at a Hamilton production line, said Luisa Girotto, a spokeswoman for the Toronto-based chocolate maker. Girotto said a small piece of plastic used to mould the eggs chipped and got into the line.

"It's specific to one piece of equipment," she said. "The odds of finding something in another egg are very slim but we wish to voluntarily recall them."

The recall, Girotto said, amounts to only about 10 per cent of the company's Easter egg chocolate product line.

One injury was reported to Cadbury after a plastic chunk cut the inside of a person's mouth. That person's name and location were not released.

The problem with the equipment has been rectified, Girotto said.

She said the company informed the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and a joint news release was immediately sent out.

The warning applies to three flavours of the eggs: Cadbury Caramilk, Caramilk Maple and Caramilk Cafe. Those eggs are sold individually wrapped or in liner packages containing three, six or 12 eggs.

Cadbury said consumers who have purchased the eggs should call the Cadbury consumer line at 1-866-782-3267 (7 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST, Monday to Friday).

Cadbury ordered all its retailers across the country to remove the product from their shelves.

Girotto said she was not concerned about losing market share at Easter. "Our No. 1 thing is to pull these off the shelves. That's all that matters."

Davendra Sharma, spokesperson with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, said staff at the agency would monitor the recall over the coming days to make sure it is effective. The agency delivers all federal inspection services related to food, animal health and plant protection.

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