The Media Depiction of the Kinder Chocolate Salmonella Outbreak Case

Abstract

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.