Masterfoods has received a fresh threat of contamination to Snickers and Mars bars reports the Australian Associated Press.

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MasterFoods regional president Andy Weston-Webb said the company received a fifth letter on Thursday, threatening a Sydney organisation unconnected to his company.


“We immediately contacted the NSW police and the food authorities,” Weston-Webb said in a statement.


More than three million Mars and Snickers chocolate bars have been removed from sale in NSW after MasterFoods received a series of threatening letters.


One claimed seven bars had been contaminated in the Sydney area and an earlier one contained a bar contaminated with a pesticide.

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Weston-Webb said police and food authorities advised there was no need for Masterfoods to change its current recall action or take further action because of the latest threat.

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