An urgent reminder of the national scale for a popular chocolate brand has been published, the fears of its bars contain a risk of potential suffocation.
It has been found that two Tony Chocolone flavors in a propagation of stores across the country, including whole food, Target, Safeway and CVS, contain small stones.
The FDA warns that “hard or net foreign objects in food can cause traumatic lesions, including the laceration and perforation of the tissues of the mouth, tongue, throat, stomach and intestine as well as damage to the teeth and gums”.
To date, 12 consumers have filed complaints from the Dutch chocolate manufacturer, triggering the decision to recall the compromised product.
The two affected products are black almond sea salt and all bars (containing milk chocolate with caramel, bretzel, almond nougat and sea salt), and both are in 180 g.
The urgent security recall affects bars with the Specific lot codes: 163094, 162634, M162634, 4327, 4330, 4331, M4331.
Black almond sea salt bars with the best before the dates of February 28, 2026 and April 2, 2026 should be avoided.
While all the bars must be returned if the best before the date is between November 22 and 26 of this year.
It has been found that two flavors of Tony chocolié in stores across the country, including whole food, target, safeway and CVs, contain small stones
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A spokesperson for Tony’s Chocolonely said that small stones were headed in bars during the “third-party almond harvest and the almond processing process”.
So far, all complaints have occurred outside the United States and Canada And no injury has been reported.
Meanwhile, the company stresses that no other product of Tony is affected.
The company, which was launched in Amsterdam in 2005, is currently manufacturing more than eight chocolate flavors, ranging from almond nugget to sea salt with caramel with milk chocolate.
Consumers who still have the compromise product are asked not to eat it.
In Canada, the sea salt bars dark almonds can be identified using the number of Lot 162697, while the bars everything are marked with the code 4332.
People in possession of the chocolate bars are advised to throw them away or return it to the store where it was purchased for a replacement item or a refund.
Customers can also contact Tony’s at (503) -388-5990.
The same reminder was published in the United Kingdom due to the same problem involving stone fragments.
Answering the question, a company spokesperson told Dailymail.com: “We are extremely sorry to have to deliver this recall, and for the inconvenience caused that this will cause people who bought these products.
“Although the probability that a product is affected is low, we always put the safety and satisfaction of our consumers first and that is why we have made the decision to recall these products.
“We apologize to consumers and our partners for the impact it will have.”