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Hardly anyone will actually return anything but they get to cover their asses by doing this.

Consumers won't return it, but the stores will, in bulk. That's a lot of lost food because they can't repack or relabel it.

The recall could instruct the stores to cover the offending URL with a sticker. But they’ll just say “toss ‘em”.

Eat the cookies, return the packaging? After all, it's an issue with the packaging that resulted in the recall.

Odds are, if a consumer asked they would tell the consumer to just throw the packaging away. In fact, that's probably what they would tell a retailer.

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