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Chocolate Easter Treats Sold At Big Y Recalled
A chocolate Easter treat product sold at Connecticut Big Y stores was recalled due to potential salmonella contamination.
CONNECTICUT — A chocolate company has recalled products that are potentially contaminated with salmonella, including some Easter treats sold in Connecticut Big Y stores.
Ferrero U.S.A. Inc. and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a voluntary recall on two products, one of which was sold in Connecticut and Massachusetts Big Y stores. Kinder Mix Chocolate Treats Basket is a 5.3 ounce cardboard basket that contains chocolate treats. It has a best by date of July 30, 2022, according to the recall notice.
No other products from Ferrero's Kinder brand that were produced for the U.S. market were included in the decision, according to the FDA.
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The company manufactured the chocolates at a facility in Arlon, Belgium, where salmonella was detected. The Arlon plant accounts for about 7 percent of Kinder products globally. Ferrero suspended operations with the facility.
"Ferrero acknowledges there were internal inefficiencies, creating delays in retrieving and sharing information in a timely manner," the company said in a news release.
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There have been no reports of illness linked to Ferraro's products in the United States, according to the FDA's Thursday announcement. But the company recalled the products because of reported salmonella cases from consumers in Europe that they manufactured at the Belgium facility.
Anyone who purchased the affected products should not eat them. Customers can get refunds by contacting Ferrero's customer-service line online or by calling 1-800-688-3552 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays.
Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems, according to the FDA. Others often experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Salmonella causes 1.35 million infections, 26,500 hospitalizations and 420 deaths per year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
See the FDA's announcement for full info on the recalls.
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