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In 1997, a Topic bar was found to have contained the remains of a mouse. A subsequent court case ruled that Mars could not be found guilty of negligence under the Food Safety Act, due to the mouse originating from a supplier in Turkey, and the fact that Mars had been diligent in checking the
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The chocolate bar was promoted in a series of radio advertisements broadcast in 2002 with the strapline "A joy to eat, but a bitch to make". These adverts featured actors
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The bar was first introduced in 1962. In the UK, it was advertised with the line "A Hazelnut in Every Bite".
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