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Ars Technica reports, following online reports of customers becoming ill after eating Soylent's new snack bars, the company announced this afternoon [October 13] that it has decided to halt all sales and shipments of the bars as a precautionary measure. The company is urging customers to discard remaining bars and will begin e-mailing customers individually regarding refunds. In a blog announcing the decision, the company said it is still investigating the cause of bouts of illnesses of customers linked to the bars, including nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
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Soylent Halts Sale of Bars; Investigation into Illnesses Continues
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The decision doesn't have to be logical; it was unanimous.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 14 2016, @04:24PM
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