Granola, Oreo, Mikado… These cookies are disappearing from the shelves due to salmonella

in collaboration with

Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo)

Pépito, Mikado, Oréo, Petit scolaire or even Pim’s… It’s hard to imagine our children deprived of these biscuits. And yet: the Mondelez group is encountering production difficulties following the suspicion of salmonella on its site. Result: several brands of cookies are already out of stock.

Cookies that are hard to find in stores

The report of the bacterium would come from the Barry Callebaut group, a cocoa specialist. To protect consumers, the supplier halted its activity for most of the summer.

As a result, delays have accumulated and some production lines of the Mondelēz group have been stopped.

In other words, no trace of salmonella has yet been discovered during the cleaning of the sites: the products sold by the group therefore do not represent any danger to health. But these precautions are intended to avoid any form of health scandal… like the one that broke out last spring.

In early April, the Ferrero group had to recall all its Kinder chocolate products made in Belgium (Kinder Surprise, Kinder Mini Eggs, Kinder Surprise Maxi 100g and Kinder Schoko-Bons) potentially contaminated with salmonella.

This health problem had led to more than a hundred cases of salmonellosis, most of which had occurred in young children.

A dangerous bacterium

Salmonella (Salmonella) are bacteria that can cause a dangerous food infection: salmonellosis. This looks like viral gastroenteritis (fever, diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal pain, etc.) but can be fatal.

In fact, digestive (haemorrhage, perforation, cholecystitis), neurological (typhoid encephalitis) or cardiovascular (myocarditis) complications can occur from the 3rd week of infection.

In pregnant women, this infection can cause dehydration, which can have consequences for the fetus; and if it crosses the barrier of the placenta, it can cause the death of the fetus.