There are now fresh fears over more Cadbury's brands, as the original Salmonella contamination has now thought to have spread to other products. A leaking waste pipe is the culprit, apparently. I've ranted about the poor quality of Cadbury's chocolate before, but the image of some unhygienic factory with waste leaking into the food mixture just really seals the deal. Luckily I've been avoiding Cadbury's products like the plague anyway.
Arf arf.
The official Cadbury's website displays an understated product recall, but is trying hard to send a message of luxury on the front page. Brr. Well, can you imagine? "Hi, welcome to our chocolate factory where we have just developed a new product for the summer called Salmonella Surprise!"
They even had the cheek to delay the release of this information to the Food Standards Agency.
Questions were being asked why it took Cadbury more than five months to report the contamination. Although the incident occurred in January, the Food Standards Agency was told only on Monday.
In the intervening months, the number of cases of the same, unusual strain of salmonella poisoning trebled. Health experts are unable to say whether there is a link.
Nothing like a good old fashioned sweep under the rug. Thanks for the info.
Posted by: battlerocker | 02 July 2006 at 01:16
Hope you never have to come into contact with the nasty stuff, battlerocker!
Posted by: Nukapai | 02 July 2006 at 01:35
Nuka,
There is such a thing as bad chocolate? I know, I know. I had a co-worker bring me some Neuhaus from Belgium and it took me several weeks before I'd go near a Hershey bar....of course, being the adict I am, I did. Hope you are well, looks like the site is coming along.
Brad
Posted by: Broken Messenger | 02 July 2006 at 04:12
Dear Brad, long time no see! Hope things are going well with you. And yes, there really is such a thing as bad chocolate. In fact, the European Union tried to stop the kind of product that cadbury's calls "milk chocolate" being allowed to be legally called chocolate due to its low cocoa and high vegetable fat content!
Posted by: Nukapai | 02 July 2006 at 21:14
this might be why i like vanilla. actually, i don't know if this is why or not, but i'm just sayin' i'm not sure i've ever eaten cadbury's anything. and i'm glad. whew! heh
Posted by: fourthfret | 03 July 2006 at 06:11
Vanilla? Huh? Well, that was random. :D
Posted by: Nukapai | 03 July 2006 at 13:11
well, maybe it was random, or maybe it was stealth like a ninja. i could have said, "i'm not a big fan of chocolate." that line, and "i like vanilla" are interchangeable you know? there's a method to my madness. :P
Posted by: fourthfret | 04 July 2006 at 16:41
But... but.. I like chocolate AND vanilla? I don't find them interchangeable at all! Or maybe I'm just greedy... hmmm ;)
Posted by: Nukapai | 04 July 2006 at 19:08
Wow I hadn't heard about that. So gross.
Posted by: vigilant20 | 08 July 2006 at 22:48
And you tell me that NOW? Right after I've consumed an entire box of Cadbury's Roses?
Bugger. Guess I'm in for a fabulous week.
Posted by: Newsbitch | 14 July 2006 at 17:33