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Suspicion of contamination in Tnuva's milk powder production line - Walla! news

2022-05-12T15:42:47.520Z


The suspicion was discovered as part of the investigation of the contamination at the Strauss plant. According to the Ministry of Health, this is a product that is not marketed to people but to factories that continue to process the product, usually while heating it, which prevents the culture of bacteria if they exist in the product.


Suspicion of contamination in Tnuva's milk powder production line

The suspicion was discovered as part of the investigation of the contamination at the Strauss plant.

According to the Ministry of Health, this is a product that is not marketed to people but to factories that continue to process the product, usually while heating it, which prevents the culture of bacteria if they exist in the product.

Meirav Cohen and Benny Ashkenazi

12/05/2022

Thursday, 12 May 2022, 18:18 Updated: 18:38

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In the video: Ofra Strauss apologizes to customers for the salmonella malfunction in the chocolate factory (Photo: Yotam Ronen)

The Ministry of Health announced today (Thursday) that a contamination has been found in the production line of Tnuva milk powder.

This, as part of the investigation of the pollution at the Strauss plant.



According to the Ministry of Health, this is a product that is not marketed to people but to factories that continue to process the product, usually while heating it, which prevents the culture of bacteria if they are present in the product.

Tests of final products that used milk powder as a raw material have so far come out normal and free of contamination.

"The Ministry of Health is continuing its investigations into the investigation of the suspicion," it was reported.

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Ministry of Health: "Has not been responsible for food at the Strauss plant for six months"

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Tnuva truck (Photo: Flash 90, Yossi Zeliger)

On Monday, the head of the food services at the Ministry of Health, Pnina Oren Schnidor, said that for the past six months he had not been in charge of food at the Strauss factory, where the salmonella contamination was found.

Nevertheless, the plant was audited last March.

She said this at a discussion in the Knesset Health Committee, adding that "we know to say that there were some serious failures in the factory, but we are still far from knowing with certainty what the source of the pollution is."

On the other hand, the CEO of Strauss, who was also present at the committee, denied the allegations.



In the last three weeks, 69 cases of salmonella have been diagnosed. It should be emphasized that this is not unusual, as there are about 3,000 cases each year. Sharon Elrai Price, who explained that "each case undergoes an investigation to check if there is a connection or exposure to the products. The samples are tiled - so far we have not found any problematic flooring."

The director general of the Ministry of Health visited the Strauss plant about two weeks ago (Photo: Official website, Dr. Noa Triki)

About a week ago the Ministry of Health announced that 30 positive samples for salmonella were found out of 300 samples taken at the Strauss candy factory.

The ministry also noted that in recent months, maintenance work has been carried out at the factory in parallel with the continuation of the chocolate production processes at the factory, without taking into account the risks that may affect the production process.

The plant also knew about the ions entering the production site and acted to exterminate them, but did not comprehensively examine how the ions might affect the safety of the sweets.



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 the chocolate, which is not done according to the manufacturer's instructions and may impair the safety of the chocolate.

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