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Belgian Prosecutors Open Criminal Probe Into Ferrero's Arlon Plant
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE4.5 years agoPaperjam[1] (11 April 2022): the substitute prosecutor 'a annoncé, dans un e-mail transmis à la presse... ce lundi': 'Je vous confirme l'ouverture d'une information judiciaire'.The Luxembourg-province prosecutor's office confirmed a judicial investigation into Ferrero over the salmonella outbreak traced to its Arlon plant, the province's biggest employer and sole maker of Kinder Schoko-Bons.0.79Paris Prosecutors Open Kinder Salmonella Inquiry Into Ferrero
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE4.3 years agoici[1] (AFP, 9 June 2022): 'Cette enquête a été ouverte le 25 mai'.The public-health division of the Paris court opened a preliminary inquiry into aggravated deception endangering health, involuntary injury and endangering life, after Foodwatch's complaint over Kinder products from Arlon.0.68Salmonella Found Again at Ferrero Arlon, Some Lines Halted
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE3.2 years agoRTBF[1], 29 June 2023: several production lines 'ont dû être mises à l'arrêt', confirmed by Ferrero and AFSCA; L'Avenir: the plant 'a reconnu ce jeudi devoir stopper momentanément des lignes'.Fifteen months after the Kinder outbreak, Ferrero's own checks found salmonella in the Arlon plant's surroundings - floor, stairs or skirting - and it stopped the lines concerned; no finished product tested positive.0.68Ferrero's Arlon Kinder Plant Gets Conditional Licence to Reopen
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE4.3 years agoFerrero's[1] release is dated 'Luxembourg 17 June 2022'; AFSCA: 'Cette autorisation conditionnelle sera accordée pour une période de 3 mois', replaced by the definitive licence on 16 September 2022.Belgium's AFSCA gave the Arlon plant a three-month conditional authorisation, with raw materials and every batch tested before sale, after Ferrero replaced equipment and 300 metres of pipeline.0.66Belgium Shuts Ferrero's Arlon Kinder Plant and Orders Full Recall
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE4.5 years agoFerrero's PR Newswire[1] release is stamped 'Apr 08, 2022, 08:35 ET' and TV Lux[3] reports AFSCA's same-day decision.Belgium's food safety agency AFSCA withdrew the Arlon plant's authorisation after about a hundred salmonellosis cases in Europe, and Ferrero recalled every Kinder Surprise, Mini Eggs, Surprise Maxi and Schoko-Bons made there.0.66AFSCA Confirms Full Production Licence for Ferrero's Arlon Plant
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE4.0 years agoFerrero's[1] release: 'Vendredi 16 septembre, l'AFSCA a confirmé la licence de production de l'usine Ferrero Arlon.'After three months of supervised production with every batch tested, Belgium's food safety agency gave the Arlon Kinder plant a definitive licence, with closer unannounced inspections for the following year.0.64Ferrero Breaks Ground on $214M Kinder Bueno Plant in Bloomington
Ferrero Chocolate Processing Facility, 2501 Beich Road, Bloomington, Illinois 61705, United StatesFerrero
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE3.9 years agoThe release stamped Nov 02, 2022, 12:37 ET says Ferrero North America 'today broke ground on its new Kinder Bueno production facility in Bloomington, Illinois'.[1]Ferrero North America broke ground on a 169,000 sq ft Kinder Bueno factory on its Bloomington, Illinois campus, a $214.4 million project adding 200 jobs and the first Kinder production in North America.$214.4M0.62Ferrero Opens $214M Kinder Bueno Plant in Bloomington, Illinois
Ferrero Chocolate Processing Facility, 2501 Beich Road, Bloomington, Illinois 61705, United StatesFerrero
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE2.0 years agoThe release stamped Sep 30, 2024, 13:01 ET says Ferrero North America 'today celebrated the opening of its new Kinder Bueno production facility in Bloomington, Illinois'.[1]Ferrero North America opened a 169,000 sq ft Kinder Bueno factory on its Bloomington, Illinois campus, a $214 million investment creating about 200 jobs and making Kinder Bueno in the US for the first time.$214M0.61EU Antitrust Inspectors Raid Ferrero Over Cross-Border Sales Curbs
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE164 days agoThe Commission's release IP/26/802 was published on 13 April 2026: 'The European Commission is carrying out unannounced antitrust inspections in two Member States'.[1]European Commission officials made unannounced antitrust inspections at a chocolate maker's premises in two EU countries over possible restrictions on cross-border trade, and Ferrero confirmed it was the company.0.61Ferrero Invests $86M to Expand Its San José Iturbide Plant in Mexico
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE65 days agoThe Guanajuato government bulletin is datelined 'San José Iturbide, Gto. 21 de julio de 2026' and reports the governor leading 'la ceremonia del anuncio' of the $86 million investment.[1]Ferrero announced an $86 million expansion of its San José Iturbide plant in Guanajuato, strengthening Nutella and chocolate production, storage and a new high-voltage power supply to lift exports to North America.$86M0.60Ferrero Opens Its First North American Chocolate Factory in Bloomington
Ferrero Chocolate Processing Facility, 2501 Beich Road, Bloomington, Illinois 61705, United StatesFerrero
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE2.4 years agoThe release stamped May 07, 2024, 12:38 ET says Ferrero North America 'today celebrated the opening of its first chocolate processing facility in North America and third globally'.[1]A 70,000 sq ft, $75 million chocolate processing plant on Ferrero's Bloomington, Illinois campus, the group's third chocolate factory worldwide and its first outside Europe, making chocolate for Kinder, Ferrero Rocher, Butterfinger and Crunch.$75M0.59Ferrero Recalls Belgian-Made Kinder Surprise in UK Over Salmonella
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE4.5 years agoThe Food Standards Agency alert FSA-PRIN-22-2022 is dated '2 April 2022'.[1]Ferrero recalled batches of Kinder Surprise 20g and 3x20g made in Belgium, best before 11 July to 7 October 2022, because they might carry Salmonella, in an outbreak Belgium's AFSCA linked to the Arlon plant.0.59
