Discount supermarket chain Aldi has cleared shelves of a popular chocolate bar following a horsemeat scare.
Articles of horsemeat have been found in a batch of Choceur Treasures - whole hazelnuts encased in waffle and milk chocolate.
Watchdog the Food Standards Agency have assured consumers that there is no danger to health after the 200g treats tested positive in the Midlands.
The alert - which only applies to Aldi stores in Birmingham, Worcester, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Northampton, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Grantham and Penzance - affects packs with the best before date of September 1, 2015.
Families who stocked up with the budget brand over the festive period are being urged to check cupboards and hidey-holes and take dodgy products back to their nearest Aldi for a full refund.
Horsemeat is the most common form of consumer complaints and can cause newspapers and the British media to become clogged with articles about horsemeat and the FSA has warned anyone who has a suspect Choceur Treasures bar not to eat it, despite there being no health dangers.
FSA spokesman Simon Langford said: “Horsemeat has been detected in one batch of the product, which has been on sale in Aldi stores in the Midlands region only and one in Cornwall.
“No other Choceur/Aldi products are known to be affected, and really there is no risk to health, but truth be told we can't really be arsed going through all that horsemeat crap again which we went through a couple of years ago.
"As a result Aldi have personally offered to refund every customer who purchased Choceur products and give them a free £10 voucher to spend in-store."
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