Elite confectionary Worldwide Recall

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2022-04-29
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29 APRIL 2022 - 28 NISSAN 5782 The importers of Elite confectionary (Gefem South Africa) have asked us to share this recall message with the community. Please see the important notification below and please note: The recall is for all Elite confectionary that is in date. This includes chocolate bars and slabs, toffees, all chewing gums and Bazooka bubble gums. These may be returned for credit to where they where purchased from. A till slip is not required. Please note that some stores/outlets do not sell the full range of Elite products and therefore will not credit items which are not sold in their businesses. Strauss Israel will restart the confectionary production facility in Nof Hagalil and will resume activity only when all the faults are amended, and products will be absolutely safe to consume. The company is voluntarily extending the recall policy to all the products produced in the facility including the following brands: Elite Chocolate, Elite Cakes, Elite Wafers, Energy Grain Snacks, Energy Chocolate Rice Cakes, Gum and Toffee Candies from all expiration dates Strauss Israel has decided to close all production in the confectionary facility and will resume activity only after a complete restart. Recently received lab results show that there is preliminary concern of contamination (there are no final results yet) of Salmonella in 2 single samples of chocolate out of 270 samples tested. These products were part of the products that were shipped to stores and were included in the withdrawal / recall that was instated in the beginning of the week. In light of these results, the company's Management Team has decided to mitigate all risks, low as they may be, and remove all of the products produced in the confectionary facility from shelves. The recall is for products of the following brands: Elite Chocolate, Elite Cakes, Elite Wafers, Energy Grain Snacks, Energy Chocolate Rice Cakes, Gum and Toffee Candies from all expiration dates. Consumers are asked not to consume these products. Eyal Dror, Strauss Israel's CEO: in light of our intent to ensure public safety, and in order to make sure there is no confusion as to which product can be consumed and which not, we've decided this morning, along with the Food Authority in the Israeli Mistry of Health, to expand the collection and recall of products, although up to this point in time we do not have any solid indication of an issue in these products. We will not take any risk, as expected form us. This is undoubtably a fundamental event for Strauss Israel, a producer and manufacturer of leading loved, nostalgic, Israeli brands whose guiding principles are responsibility and transparency. The Company's Management would like to take this opportunity to apologize deeply to our consumers, customers and partners for this grave incident ******************************************