The products, which were manufactured in Belgium, were sold at some Costco, BJ’s and Big Y Supermarket stores. No illnesses have been reported in the U.S.
from Jan. 7 to Tuesday, most of them among children under 10. The agency said that"specific chocolate products have been identified as the likely route of infection.""Ferrero deeply regrets this situation," the company said."We take food safety extremely seriously and every step we have taken has been guided by our commitment to consumer care. We will continue to work cooperatively with the Food and Drug Administration to address this matter.
Salmonella infections can cause fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain in healthy people, and they may result in more serious cases among those who are very young, old or immunocompromised.The recalled Kinder Happy Moments assortments were sold at BJ’s Wholesale Club stores across the U.S. and in Costco stories in the San Francisco Bay Area and northern Nevada. The lot codes of those batches — 48RUP334, 48RUP335, 48RUP336 and 48RUP337 — can be found on the back panel.
Belgium’s food safety authority ordered the Ferrero manufacturing facility in question, in Arlon, to close temporarily last week. It also recalled all Kinder products produced there, including Kinder Surprise, Kinder Surprise Maxi, Kinder Mini Eggs and Kinder Schokobons.
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