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Ferrero recalls 3,000 tonnes of Kinder chocolate after Salmonella contamination

Soime 3,000 tonnes of Kinder chocolates have been withdrawn from the European market over salmonella contamination. PRESS ASSOCIATION IMAGES/MAXPPP - Victoria Jones

More than 3,000 tonnes of Kinder products have been withdrawn from the European market following salmonella fears, leaving a dent of tens of millions of euros in the Ferrero company's accounts.

Nicolas Neykov, the head of Ferrero France, told Le Parisien on Thursday the contamination came "from a filtre located in a vat for dairy butter" at a factory in Belgium.

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