Cadbury fined £1 million over chocolate salmonella outbreak. By ANDY DOLAN Last updated at 21:13 16 July 2007 Cadbury was fined £1millon yesterday over a salmonella outbreak which left three people hospitalised and dozens of others ill. A court heard chocolate bars became contaminated when the Birmingham-based company changed its product testing system to save money and reduce wastage. More than one million chocolate bars had to be recalled after the outbreak was made public in June last year. The chocolate giant had waited six months before revealing there had been an outbreak of a rare strain of the bug at its factory in Marlbrook, Herefordshire, which was traced back to a leaking pipe. Last night, as a lawyer involved in the case said the fine could be a record punishment for a salmonella outbreak, one victim told how he was left so frail, medics warned he could have died. Shaun Gerratty said that eighteen months on, he was still suffering with a form of irritable bowel syndrome caused by the salmonella.
He said it was a 'serious case of negligence'. PowerPoint Presentation - Banks.pdf. Microbiology of Chocolate. Chocolate comes from the seeds of the cacao or chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao. Linnaeus ascribed the genus name meaning "food of the gods" to the Greek words, theos, (god) and broma (food) and the specific epithet from the Native American word for the plant. The chocolate tree is native to Latin America and was transplanted to West Africa in 1824 by the Portuguese. Presently, Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana produce nearly half of the world's chocolate.
The chocolate tree produces small flowers along its trunk that are pollinated by midges (a type of fly). Each pollinated flower produces a large pod containing 30 to 40 bitter seeds embedded in a sweet, sticky pulp. This sweet pulp was a staple food of the Mayans 2000 years ago. The Mayans and Aztecs also used the seeds to make a chocolate drink. Chocolate acquires its color and flavor during fermentation. The pulp contains mostly water with 10-15% sugars. Dried beans are bagged for sale to chocolate manufacturing companies.
Diseases. 94)90078-7 - FOOD_CON_5,171-175.pdf.
Croc'Info | Des Salmonelles chez Nestlé. Chocolate & Salmonella. Salmonella is one of the most common types of food poisoning in the United States, with about 42,000 cases reported each year. Unfortunately, you can't tell just by looking at a food or smelling it if it is contaminated with salmonella. This can be determined only by a laboratory test. But you can take steps to limit your risk of getting food poisoning from consuming foods contaminated with this bacteria. Understanding which foods can be sources and how to destroy this bacteria can help you stay healthy.
If you develop abdominal cramps, diarrhea and fever within 12 to 72 hours after eating a food and your symptoms last from four to seven days, you may have become infected with salmonella. Cook eggs until both the white and yolk are firm, keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold, and don't leave food sitting out for more than two hours. According to MedlinePlus, common symptoms of salmonella poisoning include fever, abdominal pain and cramping, vomiting, headache and diarrhea. UK | Cadbury salmonella scare probed. An investigation is under way after Cadbury withdrew a million chocolate bars which may have been contaminated with a rare strain of salmonella.
The company says the recall - while the Food Standards Agency and the Health Protection Agency investigate - is precautionary and that the risk is low. But a bacteriologist says there is no safe level for salmonella in chocolate. The possible contamination has been traced to a leaking pipe at a Cadbury's plant in Herefordshire in January. Samples were sent to an independent laboratory after the leak was discovered at the Marlbrook plant, and the montevideo strain of salmonella was identified.
Government watchdog the Health Protection Agency (HPA) confirmed the strain and, a week ago, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) was alerted. On Monday, Cadbury officially informed the FSA of the possible contamination of the seven products. The 105g Dairy Milk Buttons Easter Egg and the Freddo bar were also affected. 'Precautionary measure' Your comments: Alerte à la salmonelle : Du chocolat contaminé sur le marché. En dépit de la note des grands laboratoires mondiaux de contrôle alimentaire, alertant contre une éventuelle présence de la salmonelle, une bactérie très dangereuse, voire mortelle, dans les produits de la chocolaterie britannique Cadbury, ces derniers ont inondé le marché informel algérien sous le nom commercial de Kent Samba.
Ce chocolat, en petites et grandes barquettes, se trouve sur les étalages des nombreuses supérettes et centres commerciaux, mais également au niveau des marchés informels des grandes villes du pays et est cédé à un prix très bas, pour faciliter sa commercialisation. Sur les boîtes, il est bien mentionné que le chocolat a été produit en Turquie, par une société membre de Cadbury Scheepps Group, et importé par Khaldi Zoulikha, de Médéa. Ainsi, dans son communiqué du 26 juin 2006, elle a expliqué que « les aliments contaminés par la bactérie Salmonella ne présentent pas nécessairement d’altération visible ni d’odeur suspecte. Les toxi-infections alimentaires à Salmonella (tiac) - Archives de la liste HYGIENE. Veille sanitaire et TIAC à Salmonella dans différents continents Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 05:47:36 +0000 JANVIER 1998 : Salmonella à Storkow près de Berlin Le 24 janvier 1998 une suspicion de toxi-infection alimentaire a été déclarée à Storkow dans le Brandebourg près de Berlin. 355 enfants et 4 adultes ont été touchés par l'épidémie.
Les repas incriminés ont été livrés par une cuisine centrale aux trois écoles concernées. L'aliment contaminé était une crème vanille (ou soupe vanille) faite à partir de produit déshydraté à base de lait qui accompagnait une viennoiserie à base de gruau rouge. Le germe mis en évidence auprès des malades était Salmonella enteritidis lysotype 8/7. (source de l'information Espidemiologisches Bulletin 4/98 du 30 janvier 1998). mercredi 24 novembre 1999 22:01 Salmonella dans le jus d'orange non pasteurisé (Canada et Etats-Unis) Lire dans le message suivant : jeudi 20 janvier 2000 07:28 Salmonelloses au Royaume- Uni merci.
Salmonelles dans le chocolat.