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Salmonella found in world's biggest chocolate plant
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This illustration picture shows a general view of the Ardennes Ferrero factory in Arlon, Belgium, on April 8, 2022.
Italian confectionary group Ferrero said April 6, 2022 it was extending a recall of its Kinder chocolate eggs in Britain and Ireland over possible links to salmonella cases, just 10 days before Easter. (AFP/Eric Lalmand)
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roduction has been halted in the world's biggest chocolate plant, run by Swiss giant Barry Callebaut in the Belgian town of Wieze, after salmonella contaminations were found, the firm said Thursday.
A company spokesman told AFP that production had been protectively halted at the factory, which produces liquid chocolate in wholesale batches for 73 clients making confectionaries.
The company said that 72 of the 73 companies have confirmed that they halted deliveries of potentially contaminated chocolate in time to prevent any hitting the shops and were waiting for a response from the last client.
There have been no reports so far of any chocolate consumers being exposed to salmonella, which causes salmonellosis, a disease that causes diarrhoea and fever but is only dangerous in the most extreme cases.
"All products manufactured since the test have been blocked," spokesman Korneel Warlop said.
"Barry Callebaut is currently contacting all customers who may have received contaminated products. Chocolate production in Wieze remains suspended until further notice."
Most of the products discovered to be contaminated are still on the site, he said.
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