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Kinder Happy Moments Chocolate Assortment and Kinder Mix
Chocolate Treats basket are being recalled because they were
manufactured in a facility where salmonella was detected,
Ferrero North America said on Thursday.
The voluntarily recall comes after Ferrero recalled its Kinder
Surprise chocolate eggs from the UK stores earlier this week,
adding that the affected chocolate was manufactured in Belgium
and the recall may be extended to other countries.
"While there are no reports of illness in the United States to
date, Ferrero is voluntarily recalling the products out of an
abundance of caution due to reported cases of salmonella in
consumers that consumed products in Europe that were
manufactured at the same facility," the statement said.
Europe's health agency European Centre for Disease prevention
and Control have already started investigating dozens of
reported and suspected cases of salmonella linked with eating
chocolate in at least nine countries.
The salmonella bacteria can cause serious and severe infections,
especially in children or elderly people and others with weak
immune system.
Probable or confirmed cases on Salmonella linked with eating
chocolates has been found in Britain, France, Ireland, Belgium,
Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden and Norway.
(Reporting by Jaiveer Singh Shekhawat in Bengaluru; Editing by
Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
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