EASTER WARNING: Co-Op issues recall on bunny chocolate after mum finds BATTERY inside

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Customers are being urged to return their hollow chocolate treats to Co-Op

Customers are being urged to return their hollow chocolate treats as a precaution following the discovery.

A police spokesperson said that there was evidence that someone had tampered with the milk chocolate bunny figures in Nottingham.

Tammy-Louise Dundon found the battery inside her three-year-old daughter’s treat.

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Police are investigating after a battery was found in a Co-Op chocolate Easter bunny

Customers can claim a full refund if they bring them back to the store.

The National Crime Agency has been drafted in to assist the police with its investigation, the supermarket said.

A spokesperson for the Co-Op said: “The health and safety of our customers is uppermost in our minds.

“We are concerned about one incident of alleged product tampering involving our hollow milk chocolate Easter bunny foil figure, which has been found to contain a small battery inside.

“This follows an incident at Christmas when two similar products were targeted and contaminated.”

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Police have launched a probe into the incident

She told the Nottingham Post: “My daughter bit the ears off and shouted ‘what’s this?’ I was just like ‘oh my God’.

“How much damage do these batteries do? I’ve heard kids have died from eating them. They can get stuck in the oesophagus or can be corrosive.”

At least 3,000 chocolate Easter bunnies have been sold nationwide according to Co-Op each costing £1. 

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