Man Who Spotted Worms In Cadbury Shares Dangerous Lab Results; Company Responds

A few weeks back, Robin Zaccheus was preparing to relish a Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate when he spotted a worm crawling on the chocolate bar. He immediately shared the video of the worm and the chocolate’s purchase receipt on X (Formerly Twitter) and alerted the company including government authorities. Robin mentioned that he purchased the chocolate from a Ratnadeep Retail store at Ameerpet Metro station in Hyderabad. According to the Times of India report, the food safety officials inspected the store. They took about 20 samples of the chocolate and Cadbury was instructed to recall all the products bearing the same batch number.

On February 28, Robin shared an update on the issue. He dropped photos of a lab report from the Telangana State Food laboratory and claimed that the lab report confirms that the “Cadbury Chocolate (Roasted Almond) was “UNSAFE TO CONSUME” and “they found WHITE WORMS & WEB!” He added, “It is perhaps high time that FMCG companies are made accountable and penalised for supplying unsafe food that our children consume very often!”

He tagged Mondelēz International which owns Cadbury, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Ratnadeep Retail and wrote that these businesses “Must accept and take complete responsibility of this utter negligence for endangering public health.” Robin also urged, “People to be cautious while consuming these chocolates, especially when we give it to our innocent children.” He tagged Mansukh L. Mandaviya, the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, and appealed to him to take action against the above-mentioned offenders. He wrote, “My sincere appeal to you! Pls do not let not these companies make a mockery of the system. These violence must be strictly punished and licenses should be cancelled.” So far, Robin’s post has gathered over 2,000 likes and over 5 lakh views.

In response, Mondelēz International has maintained that their product is safe for consumption. In a series of posts, the international company wrote, “Hi, Mondelez follows the internationally accepted HACCP (Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points) programme, which is the most comprehensive food safety system in the world, to ensure that our products are free from any physical, chemical and microbiological issues.”

Mondelēz International added, “Chocolate like any other food product requires specific care and attention in the distribution chain, retail environment and in storage. We have tested the samples of the same batch, as well as other batches manufactured around the same time and found no issues.” In a concluding statement, the food company asserted, “We are confident that the product has not been affected during the manufacturing process.”