Barry Callebaut chocolate with salmonella did not reach consumers. This says the chocolate producer based on an internal investigation. A factory in Wieze in East Flanders was closed because bacteria were found there.
“Barry Callebaut has contacted all 73 companies in the past 48 hours that received tainted product from the Wieze plant,” spokesman Cornell Warlop said. Our internal investigation today shows that thanks to the speed of work, good cooperation with customers and the authorities and transparent communication, we were able to prevent contaminated products from entering the Belgian food supply. According to our internal investigation, there is no longer a food safety risk, apparently.
The FASFC will continue to verify these findings.
The company says there is no risk to consumers abroad. Among the companies that received chocolate were the Netherlands, Spain, France, Poland, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy.
The chocolatier stopped production at his factory in Wieze after salmonella was discovered in a production batch. All factory-made chocolate products have been banned after June 25.
It is not yet clear when production will resume at the world’s largest chocolate factory. According to Warlop, there are currently no supply issues.
The chocolate company says it wants to ensure that not only its own production, but also that of other affected food companies can restart as soon as possible. “For this, we worked on an accelerated program that would allow them to remove banned products more efficiently,” the text reads.
“Barry Callebaut has contacted all 73 companies in the past 48 hours that received tainted product from the Wieze plant,” spokesman Cornell Warlop said. Our internal investigation today shows that thanks to the speed of work, good cooperation with customers and the authorities and transparent communication, we were able to prevent contaminated products from entering the Belgian food supply. According to our internal investigations, there is no longer a risk to food safety, “it appears that the Federal Food Agency FASFC will verify these results. The company says that there is no risk to consumers abroad. Among the companies that received the chocolate are the Netherlands, Spain, France, Poland, Croatia and Denmark. Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy The chocolate maker stopped production at its factory in Wieze after salmonella was discovered in a production batch. All chocolate products made at the factory were banned after June 25. It is not yet clear when production will resume at the world’s largest chocolate factory. According to Warlop , There are currently no supply problems. The chocolate company says it wants to ensure that not only its own production, but also that of other affected food companies can be restarted as soon as possible.” For this, we worked on an accelerated program that would allow them to remove banned products more efficiency,” as stated in the text.
