Shutdown of the Kinder factory in Belgium following cases of salmonellosis in several European countries

Two weeks before Easter, the Italian manufacturer Ferrero on Friday April 8 acknowledged "internal failures" and apologized after the shutdown of its Kinder chocolate factory in Belgium, which caused cases of salmonellosis in several European countries. Europe.

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The Kinder factory in Belgium is shut down.

The Italian manufacturer Ferrero had to stop the production of confectionery on the site at the request of the Belgian authorities.

It is this production site which is the source of hundreds of cases of salmonellosis in France and the United Kingdom.

This disease is an important cause of death by food poisoning which can cause diarrhea and abdominal cramps, slight fever, even vomiting.

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With our correspondent in Brussels

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The factory is located in Arlon, in the south of Belgium, on the border with Luxembourg.

Each year, 7% of the world volumes of Kinder products come out of it.

For the Belgian Food Safety Agency, which ordered the shutdown of the site, the link between the confectionery produced on site and the hundred cases of

identified is confirmed.

The factory manufactures the full range of Kinder products: Kinder Surprise, Kinder Surprise Max, Kinder Mini Eggs, and Schoko-bons.

So many references consumed by children who will all be withdrawn from the shelves one week before Easter, and this "

 ", specifies the Belgian Food Safety Agency, which does not want to take any risks.

While the Agency considers that it has received incomplete information from the Ferrero group, the latter defends itself by citing “ 

 ” with “ 

 ” after the detection of salmonella. 

For the moment, the health investigation continues.

The factory will not reopen until the authorities have certified it. 

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