Salmonella napoli outbreak in chocolate

The most common manifestations of a salmonella infection are a moderate diarrhea together with some vomiting and an associated abdominal pain.

Chocolate has been implicated as a vector of infection with Salmonella napoli.

The largest outbreak occurred in 1982. There were about 245 people in United Kingdom suffered from food poisoning due to particular strain of Salmonella napoli.

Chocolate is thought to exert a protective effect upon the bacteria as they pass through the acid environment within the stomach.

The infection was traced to two types of chocolate bars, Tommy Junior and Ricky Junior, both made in Italy.

Thos were major and dangerous epidemic of food posing and a detailed examination of the records revealed that the majority were children and that over 20 percent had been admitted to hospital.

There were about 2.5 million chocolate bars withdrawing from the market due to this cases.

Contamination food at source is, however, the initial event in any food-borne Salmonella incident, and control of the initial contamination is as important as food hygiene is in long term.
Salmonella napoli outbreak in chocolate