• Health Food Safety withdraws batches of Kinder products from the Spanish market after cases of salmonella in Europe

The

European Center for Disease Prevention and Control

(ECDC) has reported that

Spain has detected the first case of salmonella, related to

Kinder

brand products

, manufactured in

Belgium

, where

several cases have already been detected

.

The Spanish health authorities

are investigating two other possible cases.

According to the latest ECDC bulletin,

85 infections have been confirmed in the member countries of the European Union

and 29 more are being studied.

In

Germany they have already detected 11 cases of salmonella

, in France there are 37 and in Ireland, 15. For its part,

the United Kingdom has identified 73 cases.

The European organization has indicated that there is

an "unusual number of hospitalized children"

due to this outbreak and highlights some serious symptoms, such as

"bloody diarrhea"

.

Two weeks ago, the

Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition

(Aesan) ordered the

withdrawal of some batches of products of this brand

after the European Commission Services

warned of an outbreak.

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