World's biggest chocolate plant restarts after health scare
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World's biggest chocolate-making plant
A factory in Belgium billed as the world's biggest chocolate-making plant said it restarted operations Monday after closing for six weeks to clean up a salmonella contamination.
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3 out of 24
Three of the 24 production lines at the plant in the town of Wieze resumed and the first delivery took place, said Barry Callebaut, the Swiss company that runs the factory.
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The shut down
The plant -- which supplies industry giants such as Hershey, Nestle and Unilever but not to consumers directly -- was shut down at the end of June after salmonella bacteria was found in one lot.
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Shipments halted
Zurich-based Barry Callebaut said it halted shipments and informed clients in time to prevent contaminated chocolate making its way to shops. It identified lecithin, added to smooth food textures, as the source of the contamination, prompting weeks of extensive cleaning.
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Employment
The Barry Callebaut plant employs around 600 people and is a key unit in the company's total output, which amounted to 2.2 million tonnes in the 2020-2021 financial year, produced in more than 60 sites worldwide.