Is chocolate labeled "alcohol-free" permissible or forbidden?
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Chocolate is permissible if the manufacturer or other parties confirm that it does not contain alcohol or pork, unless there is evidence to prove its impermissibility, because the basic principle concerning things is permissibility.
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