An international chocolate factory has shut down all production at a plant in Belgium after discovering a salmonella-positive lot, the company confirmed on Thursday.
In a June 30 statement, the Swiss chocolate maker, Barry Callebaut, said all products manufactured since June 25 in Wieze, a village in East Flanders, have been placed on hold.
The company noted that they’re currently working on contacting all customers who may have received products impacted by the contamination.
At this point, it’s unclear how many, if any, products of the salmonella-positive lot have actually reached consumers, Korneel Warlop, a spokesman for Barry Callebaut, told AFP….