As If Calories Weren't Bad Enough

As If Calories Weren't Bad Enough

More Cadbury bars tested for bug
From the BBC

Food safety officials in Birmingham are testing a range of Cadbury's chocolate bars over fears more brands may be contaminated with salmonella.

Cadbury's removed one million bars across seven brands last week after traces of salmonella had been found in some chocolate.

Food safety teams from Birmingham City Council are now testing a range of Cadbury products for salmonella.

But a team spokesman said chocolate on sale in shops was safe to eat.

The 250g Dairy Milk Turkish, Dairy Milk Caramel and Dairy Milk Mint bars, the Dairy Milk 8 chunk and the 1kg Dairy Milk bar have been affected by the scare along with the 105g Dairy Milk Buttons Easter Egg and the Freddo bar.

Possible further contamination

Cadbury has blamed a leaking pipe at its Marlbrook plant, near Leominster, Herefordshire, for the salmonella contamination.

Gavin Tringham, from the city council's food safety team, said: "As result of the publicity last week and in cooperation with Cadbury's we are independently testing both current products lines and past product lines that have be returned.

"This is to ascertain if there is any contamination of current or past stock."

The testing is taking place as it emerged the mix used in the products that have been withdrawn was also the base ingredient in other confectionery.

A spokesman for the Food Standards Agency said it could not rule out that other products may be affected.

But Cadbury said it had tested tens of thousands of products and found no traces of salmonella.

It is continuing to test product lines four times a day.