The Media Depiction of the Kinder Chocolate Salmonella Outbreak Case
Absztrakt
Food hygiene poses importance on today’s society and supports quality and safety assured
food, supplied by food operators. Salmonella Typhimurium is a bacterium present in
contaminated food products. It causes, primarily, gastrointestinal issues in children, elderly,
pregnant and immunocompromised individuals. On the 15th of December 2021, a positive test
for Salmonella Typhimurium was obtained in Ferrero’s factory in Arlon, Belgium. The
factory, that produces Kinder chocolate products, temporarily shut, however, following
negative tests for the bacterium days later, production restarted.