Unilever Israel announced a Recall of a number of Strauss ice cream and chocolate products

Unilever Israel announced on Monday evening the recall of a number of Strauss ice cream products it markets. This follows Strauss' announcement of a suspicion of the salmonella bacterium in a number of Elite chocolate products and the subsequent downgrading of its products. Unilever has updated that it has decided to take precautionary measures, even though Strauss has confirmed to it that the raw materials it has supplied it have been found to be in good condition.
"Following an incident at the Strauss-Elite factory, in coordination with the Food Service at the Ministry of Health, and although Strauss-Elite confirmed to us that the chocolate we supplied as a raw material was tested and found to be normal and although our tests showed that our products were normal, Unilever Israel Strauss ice cream announces" "(Return) of a number of its products. This, as a means of caution," the company said.
On Monday morning, Strauss announced the removal of products from the shelves due to concerns about the salmonella bacterium in a number of Elite chocolate products. Although Strauss received indications that the salmonella bacterium was present in the plant, and we updated the Ministry of Health on this in due course, only today did the recall of products suspected of being infected with the bacterium begin.
Strauss noted that with the discovery of the problem, the production of the various chocolate products in the factory was stopped immediately and products manufactured in its vicinity were blocked for distribution. "The company is carrying out extensive operations in order to locate the source of the problem and its scope and to repair and return to full product distribution when all production lines are safe," the company said.
The company stated that "following an incident at the Strauss-Elite factory, in coordination with the food service at the Ministry of Health, and although Strauss-Elite confirmed to us that the chocolate provided to us as a raw material was tested and found to be normal and even though our tests showed Performing a 'recall' of several of its products as a precautionary measure.
"The company is asking the public not to consume the products on the list. Consumers who have packaging marked with the dates listed above can contact Unilever's Consumer Center for a replacement product," said Unilever.
The salmonella bacterium can cause intestinal disease manifested by fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. For sensitive populations, the bacterium can cause serious illness. The salmonella bacterium can cause intestinal disease, which manifests itself in fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. For sensitive populations the bacterium can cause a serious illness.

These are the chocolate products that are forbidden to sell:
* Cow, Blondie and Splendid chocolate bars that expired on October 1, 2022 to April 24, 2023.
* Time-out snacks (except kosher for Passover), from Moleda, Pre-Crunch, until midnight and mini lentils that expire between December 1, 2022 and April 1, 2023.
* Tasty snacks, nuts, spoon fun (except kosher for Passover), energy, chocolate-coated crisps with a chocolate base, a chocolate-coated cereal snack with a chocolate base that expired from July 1, 2022 to January 15, 2023.
* Brownies Cake Timeout and Rolls Expired from July 10, 2022 to August 31, 2022.
* XL chocolate flavored expired November 15, 2022 to January 1, 2023.
* Sweet wishes bonbonniere that expired on February 21, 2023 to April 9, 2023.
* Milky Top Lentils Kosher for Passover, which expires on April 26, May 3, May 11, May 12 and May 16, 2022.
The purchase of Strauss ice cream products was also banned.