Kinder salmonella

Belgian health authorities ordered Italian confectionary group Ferrero on Friday to suspend production at its plant in Belgium, after an investigation into ...

Lifting the suspension would only happen once the plant was shown to be meeting all food safety rules. The agency urged consumers not to eat any of the recalled products, which include Kinder Surprise, Kinder Surprise Maxi, Kinder Mini Eggs & Kinder Schokobons. The Belgian agency said the decision to suspend production there was taken after it concluded that information from Ferrero was incomplete.

Ferrero USA has recalled two Kinder brand chocolate products in the United States. Almost 150 children in Europe and the United Kingdom have been infected.

Food safety, quality and consumer care have been at the heart of Ferrero since the company was founded. “This impacted the speed and effectiveness of the investigations. Belgian authorities have now withdrawn approval for the production site in Arlon and Ferrero is recalling Kinder products made there. These materials and finished products were blocked and not released, according to the company. The Arlon plant makes up about 7 percent of the total Kinder products manufactured globally on a yearly basis. Ferrero revealed a genetic match between almost 150 Salmonella cases in Europe and this factory in Belgium. The majority of those sick are children.

The Kinder products are being recalled across Europe and Canada. It was not immediately clear whether the recall involved products sold in the United ...

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The move follows recalls earlier in the week in the U.K. and several European countries over concerns around products from a Belgian factory, though the ...

Most cases are caused by the ingestion of food contaminated with animal or human feces. The company said it was cooperating with the Food and Drug Administration over reported salmonella cases in Europe, announcing the precautionary recall of two chocolate varieties from three retailers in the United States. Italian confectionery giant Ferrero said Thursday it had recalled certain varieties of its Kinder chocolates from retailers in the United States due to possible salmonella contamination.

Less than 10 days until Easter, Ferrero U.S.A., Inc. is voluntarily recalling its Kinder Happy Moments Chocolate Assortment and Kinder Mix Chocolate.

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