The Minister of Public Health, Firas Al-Abyad, sent a letter to the Minister of Economy and Trade, Amin Salam, to withdraw the goods of the Ferrero company that manufactures “Kinder” chocolate eggs from the Lebanese market, “following stopping the work of its factory that produces “Kinder” chocolate in Belgium, following its products were suspected of causing salmonella infections. , as stated in the book.
Subsequently, the media office of the Ministry of Health stated, in a statement, that “Minister Firas Al-Abyad’s letter to the Minister of Economy and Trade, Amin Salam, to withdraw the goods of the company (Ferrero) that manufactures chocolate eggs (Kinder) from the Lebanese market is due to the receipt of a warning from the international network of authorities concerned with food safety. In order to preserve public health, the Minister of Health sent a letter to the Ministry of Economy, which has the authority, to withdraw food products from the Lebanese market as quickly as possible, provided that Send a subsequent letter as soon as the complete lists with numbers of contaminated mixtures are received.
Products from the Ferrero factory in Arlon, Belgium, have been sold in Belgium, Britain, France, Germany and Sweden.
British authorities have also warned citizens regarding Kinder products in connection with a “possible link to an outbreak of salmonella” involving children, and Ferrero said it had issued the recall as a “precautionary step”.
At that time, a British official announced that the number of salmonella cases in Britain had now risen to 63. In France, 21 cases have been reported and 15 have taken Kinder products, which have now been recalled, according to the French Public Health Service. The average age of patients in France is four years.
Salmonella is a type of bacteria that can cause symptoms including diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps, and is one of the most common types of foodborne infections.
