TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Kinder recalls chocolate eggs after salmonella cases
While none of the toy-filled Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs or other products have been proven to contain salmonella, Ferrero told AFP that it issued the recall as a precautionary step.
Change Size
I
talian confectionary group Ferrero said on Tuesday it had recalled Kinder chocolate eggs in seven European countries over possible links to dozens of salmonella cases less than two weeks before Easter.
While none of the toy-filled Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs or other products have been proven to contain salmonella, Ferrero told AFP that it issued the recall as a precautionary step.
It concerns products from Ferrero's factory in the Belgian town of Arlon that were put on sale in Belgium, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden.
UK authorities warned the public on Saturday about the Kinder products "in connection with a potential link to a salmonella outbreak" that included children and said Ferrero had issued a recall as a "precautionary step".
An official said Tuesday that the number of salmonella cases in the UK had now risen to 63.
In France, 21 cases have been reported and 15 of those indicated having eaten the Kinder products that have now been recalled, according to the French public health service.
The median age of those stricken is four years old.
Salmonella is a type of bacteria that can cause symptoms including diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps in humans, and is one of the most common food-borne infections.
French health authorities said the UK and French cases involved the same genetic strain of salmonella, and were linked with Kinder products made at the Arlon factory which is the main production facility for the seven countries.
In France, the recall totals several hundred tons of products, a company spokeswoman said.
Ferrero said tests of the products had yet to show the contamination.
"None of our Kinder products put on the market have tested positive for salmonella and we have not received any complaints from consumers," the company said in a statement released Monday on its French website.
The products for the Easter holiday were delivered in March and the concerned lots have removed from store shelves.
The recall concerns the original 20-gram Kinder Surprise milk chocolate egg that contains a small plastic capsule with a toy inside, as well as a larger 100-gram version, with last sale dates between the end of June and end of October 2022.
Kinder Schoko-Bons, Kinder Mini Eggs, Kinder Happy Moments, Kinder Mix and a number of other products have also been recalled.
The Kinder recall follows close on the heels of a recall by Nestle of its Buitoni Fraich'up frozen pizzas in France following several severe cases of E. coli among consumers.
