Remember Ferrero: These baby products are taking a hit—Easter bunnies, too? | miscellaneous

Updated: 04/13/2022 15:03

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Shortly before the Easter holiday, the confectionery giant has to do this Ferrero Mention the different products. The reason for this is salmonella cases in several countries around the world. All affected products come from a factory in Belgium. The Belgian regulator, Afsca, announced last Friday that it would withdraw the production license from the factory in Arlon as a result of the investigation.

According to Afsca, Arlon’s website was already in use December 15 Salmonella was detected in a refinery at the exit of two tanks for raw materials. “The information provided by Ferrero was not complete,” the agency noted in its statement.

So Ferrero had to issue a subpoena All products are from the best dates before which was manufactured in the Arlon factory. This not only affects all Kinder Surprise, Kinder Mini Eggs, Kinder Surprise Maxi, Chocolate Bones and Easter Deals, but also products from previous Christmas business.

Ferrero recall: these products are affected

Ferrero single issued a press release updated list With all affected products:

According to the press release, investigations showed that the following product, which was also affected by the product recall, was sold in Germany in Test Markets It has been sold:

all the others Ferrero products It is not affected by this, nor any of the other baby products, according to a statement from the company. This also applies to Easter bunnies.

Salmonella: Ferrero loses Belgian factory license

Afsca has asked all distributors to remove related products from Retail gain weight According to the authority, the factory in Arlon will not be allowed to reopen until all food safety rules and requirements are met. According to Ferrero, the filter has been replaced and controls increased over work in progress and finished products. I read here: Dm, Müller & Co: Retailers Suffer From Empty Shelves

The announcement does not explain why the company did not recall products already in circulation at the time. In addition to Germany, several other countries such as Great Britain, Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the USA and Australia are currently affected. The recall was also extended to New Zealand on Tuesday.

“Ferrero is deeply saddened by what has happened,” the company’s headquarters in Alba, Italy’s Piedmont region, said in a statement. After the accident, everything possible is done to ensure that the trust of customers is not lost.

Belgian prosecutors are investigating the Ferrero case

However, it may already be too late for Ferrero: The Belgian Attorney general Already check against the company. And earlier this week, the Belga news agency and other media reported, citing the prosecutor of the Belgian province of Luxembourg, that the investigation was linked to the closed factory in Arlon.

The Italian company admitted on Friday that there were “internal deficiencies that have caused delays in recoveries and information sharing.” Therefore, investigations into the case were not carried out with the necessary speed and efficiency.

The group expects a worse-than-usual financial spring. “Of course we expect losses in our Easter-specific business,” Ferrero Germany said Monday evening upon request. However, the full treatment of the facts is the highest priority for us at the moment.”

(dpa/afp/fmg)

This article first appeared on morgenpost.de.