Recall of some Ferrero Kinder Surprise chocolate products due to Salmonella food poisoning outbreak link
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has advised that a food recall by Ferrero of some Kinder Surprise chocolate products is underway due to a link with a food poisoning outbreak of Salmonella. The FSAI, together with the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, is investigating this ongoing food poisoning outbreak which is affecting Ireland, the UK and a number of other European countries. To date, there have been ten cases in Ireland with the same strain of Salmonella responsible for the UK outbreak. A number of these Irish cases have involved young children, all of whom have fully recovered. The FSAI is warning consumers who may have the recalled products at home not to eat them.
The batches being recalled are:
Kinder Surprise 20g and Kinder Surprise 20g x3
All best before dates between 11th July 2022 and 7th October 2022
For further information on the recall see https://www.fsai.ie/news_centre/food_alerts/kinder_surprise_recall.html