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AFSCA 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.0.80Belgium 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.0.74Belgian 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.0.72Salmonella 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.0.70Ferrero 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.$214M0.68Ferrero 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.0.68Ferrero 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.$214.4M0.68Paris 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.0.67EU 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.0.66Ferrero Announces C$445M Expansion of Its Brantford, Ontario Plant
CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE1.5 years agoThe Invest Ontario[1] release is datelined 'BRANTFORD, Ontario, April 11, 2025' and announces the expansion that day.Ferrero Canada will spend C$445 million expanding its Brantford plant, adding 500 jobs and the first lines anywhere for new Ferrero Rocher chocolate squares, plus Nutella Biscuits made outside Europe for the first time.C$445M0.66Ferrero 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.$75M0.65Ferrero 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.$86M0.65
