In the shadow of salmonella pollution: A fire broke out at the Strauss plant in the Galilee landscape
A fire broke out at the food giant's candy factory, which closed due to the presence of a bacterium in its products.
Six firefighters arrived at the scene and gained control of the fire.
There were no casualties
Eli Ashkenazi
02/05/2022
Monday, 02 May 2022, 21:53 Updated: 22:23
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A fire broke out this evening (Monday) at the Strauss candy factory, which closed due to the presence of the salmonella bacterium on the production line.
Six firefighters arrived at the scene and gained control of the fire.
There were no casualties.
Yesterday the Ministry of Health announced that 30 positive samples for salmonella were found out of 300 samples taken at the candy factory.
The Ministry of Health noted that in recent months, maintenance work has been carried out at the plant in parallel with the continuation of the chocolate production processes at the plant, without taking into account the risks that may affect the production process.
Also, according to the Ministry of Health, the plant knew about the ions entering the production site and acted to eradicate them, but did not comprehensively examine how the ions might affect the safety of the sweets.
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Strauss plant in the Galilee landscape (Photo: Yoav Itiel)
It was also found that the plant's quality and safety control system was deficient, and there was no standard of food safety manager.
Furthermore, it emerged that a customer of the plant reported an indication for salmonella - but his complaint was not dealt with as required.
A material failure is also found in the process of thawing the milk fat in chocolate, which is not done according to the manufacturer's instructions and may impair the safety of the chocolate.
To date, 21 cases of salmonella have been reported that are apparently related to eating the bacteria infected with the bacterium.
Six patients came for hospital treatment.
According to the Ministry of Health, "these numbers are not exceptional and do not indicate a widespread outbreak."
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