A Welsh council is urging shops and businesses to remove Kinder products which have been linked to an outbreak of salmonella in children. As of last week, there have been 76 cases of salmonella in the UK linked to certain Kinder products made in a factory in Belgium, with the majority of those affected being children under the age of five.
The UK Health Security Agency said on Friday that it was continuing to investigate the ongoing outbreak. The agency is working with the Food Standards Agency, Food Standards Scotland, Public Health Scotland, Public Health Wales, Public Health Agency Northern Ireland, as well as international public health and food safety authorities, to ensure that the risk to public health is minimised as far as possible. To get the latest What's On newsletters from WalesOnline, click here.
Ceredigion Council has now issued a warning to all retailers that they should “remove Kinder products linked to an outbreak of salmonella from their shelves”. A spokeswoman for the council said: “The products are believed to have caused a significant number of children to become seriously unwell, with many reported cases being admitted to hospital. We ask that all businesses who currently sell any of the Kinder products (listed below) ensure that the products are removed from sale immediately due to the potential presence of Salmonella.”
