- Hotel Chocolat has urgently recalled its £15 Choose Your Poison product
Tiny pieces of glass could be lurking in chocolate sold by one of Britain’s best-loved chocolatiers.
Hotel Chocolat has urgently recalled its £15 Choose Your Poison product due to its possible presence.
Meanwhile, food safety watchdogs have issued a warning calling on Britons not to eat the sweet treat.
Hotel Chocolat has urgently recalled its £15 Choose Your Poison product due to the possible presence of glass
The product – consisting of 36 filled chocolates in a glass bottle with cork stopper – is sold in Hotel Chocolat’s own stores, as well as online.
John Lewis also stocks the offending 160g treat.
Only three batches are affected by the manufacturing defect, all of which have a best-before date of January 2024 and were on sale in September.
Hotel Chocolat said in its own warning that the items “may contain a foreign body within the container that could cause damage if accidentally consumed.”
It was not explained how small pieces of glass could end up in the product.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA), which issued a warning to consumers, said the ‘possible presence of glass makes this product unsafe to eat’.
It added: ‘If you have purchased the above product, do not eat it. Instead, return it to the store where it was purchased for a full refund.’
The move comes after Costa urgently recalled several types of sandwiches and wraps earlier this month over fears they contained small stones.
The Costa Chicken & Bacon Caesar Wrap, Southern Fried Chicken Wrap, Chicken Salad Sandwich and BLT Sandwich were all affected.