Mars chocolate recall widens to supermarket multipacks

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The budget supermarket Lidl issued a recall notice for multipacks of Mars and Snickers chocolate over fears they could be contaminated with plastic.

It has warned customers not to eat some six-packs bought at the store, which were supplied from Germany.

Anyone who has bought one of the affected packs has been asked and to contact a freephone number for a refund.

Mars announced it was a ordering a mass recall as after a consumer in Germany found a small piece of plastic in a Snickers bar earlier this month.

The affected products in the UK are:

Mars six-packs from Lidl (270g pack, best before date 4/9/16 -16/10/16)
Snickers six-packs from Lidl (270g pack, best before 10/7/16 -24/7/16)
Mars Fun Size (250g bag, best before 11/9/16 - 2/10/16)
Milky Way Funsize (227g bag, best before 2/10/16)
Variety Funsize (Family Favourites and Party Mix, best before 29/5/16 - 14/8/16))
Snickers Miniature (2.5kg catering case, best before 7/8/16 - 14/8/16)
Celebrations (388g and 245g boxes, best before 8/5/16 - 28/8/16)