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Barry Callebaut has announced today that the cleaning of the #chocolate lines affected by the entry of salmonella-positive lecithin in its factory in #wieze, #belgium, is progressing well. As a result, the first cleaned #chocolate lines are foreseen to restart production as of early August 2022, with a gradual ramp-up to full capacity over the following weeks.
Barry Callebaut detected on June 27, 2022, at its #wieze factory in #belgium a salmonella-positive #chocolate production lot and quickly identified a lecithin batch from a supplier as the root cause. In response, #barrycallebaut halted all #chocolate production at the #wieze factory on June 29, 2022, as a precautionary measure, which prevented affected #chocolate products from entering the retail #food chain. #barrycallebaut duly and proactively informed the Belgian #food #safety Authorities (FAVV) and is in continuous collaboration with them on this incident.
Food #safety is paramount for the Group and this is an exceptional incident. Not only does #barrycallebaut have a #food #safety charter and procedure in place, but also over 230 colleagues working on #food #safety and quality in Europe and over 650 worldwide. At the site in #wieze, employees are trained to recognize #food #safety risks. This allowed the teams to quickly identify the risk and initiate the root cause analysis.
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