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Date Published: 13/04/2022

ARCHIVED - Kinder Surprise: first salmonella case linked to Kinder products in Spain

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The Agency for Food Safety in Spain has ordered the withdrawal of several batches of the product

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Kinder Surprise: first salmonella case linked to Kinder products in Spain

The health authorities in Spain are investigating a likely case of salmonella linked to batches of Kinder products, the first suspected infection in this country since an alert was raised about the tainted treats, manufactured in Belgium, last week.

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The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has confirmed the suspected salmonella poisoning in Spain in its latest report; this is added to the 31 cases that are under investigation in the European Union and the 54 already confirmed.

Last week, the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (Aesan) ordered the withdrawal of certain batches of Kinder products manufactured in Belgium after being informed by the European Commission Services, through the European Food Alert Network (RASFF), of an outbreak of food poisoning in several countries caused by monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium.

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