Social media posts highlighting the ingredients listed on a bag of Schoko-Bons say the candy contains insects. This is false; the product was formerly coated with shellac, an insect by-product that has been tested and approved for use as a confectioner's glaze but the Italian company Ferrero said it has phased out the additive in its Kinder-brand chocolates.
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The Ferrero group is suspected of delaying alerts to the authorities and failing to recall its products when salmonella was first detected in the Arlon factory.
Eleven mainly European countries have now reported salmonella food poisoning, linked to popular “Kinder” chocolate products produced in Belgium, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
KUALA LUMPUR: No Kinder chocolate products from the Ferrero Ardennes chocolate factory in Arion, Belgium that were reported to be contaminated with salmonella typhimurium bacteria have entered Malaysia, says the Food Safety and Quality Division of the Health Ministry.