Barry Callebaut is bracing for a significant financial impact after stopping production because of Salmonella contamination at a factory in Belgium.
Although the full effect of the incident is still
Barry Callebaut is to resume production at its factory in Belgium that was involved in a Salmonella contamination incident beginning next month.
Cleaning of the chocolate lines affected by the
The contaminated raw materials that forced Barry Callebaut to halt chocolate production in Belgium came from Hungary.
One batch of lecithin was unloaded at the Wieze factory on June 25.
Barry Callebaut has halted production at one of its factories in Belgium after detecting Salmonella.
The company found the positive production lot on June 27 and blocked all chocolate products
The Belgian food safety agency has given the green light for Ferrero to resume production at the factory behind a large, International Salmonella outbreak.
The Federal Agency for the Safety
Authorities have searched a number of Ferrero sites as investigations continue into a large Salmonella outbreak.
Six facilities in Belgium and Luxembourg were targeted this week including the factory in
France and the United Kingdom have the most patients in the Ferrero chocolate Salmonella outbreak that has sickened almost 450 people.
The UK has 122 monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium patients.
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Sweet Spot Chocolate Shop is recalling certain Sweet Spot Chocolate Shop brand peanut butter-containing chocolates because of possible Salmonella contamination.
According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency this recall was
Coblentz Chocolate Company of Walnut Creek, OH is recalling certain Peanut Butter Products because of potential Salmonella contamination.
This recall comes after J. M. Smucker Co.’s recall of dozens
Cargill is recalling select lots of Milk and Dark Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Ritz® Crackers, Peanut Butter Meltaways, Peanut Butter Eggs and Fudge sold through the Wilbur Chocolate Retail Store
More than 300 people from 16 countries have been sickened in a Salmonella outbreak linked to Kinder chocolate made by Ferrero in Belgium.
A total of 324 cases have been
Strauss Group has estimated the impact of Salmonella illnesses and related recalls to be about U.S. $33 million on first quarter financial results.
The company said net profit for
