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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 624

salmonella

View of the Osem Investments Ltd. factory in Soham, December 30, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 29, 2022, 11:28 pm
Health Ministry announces mass recall of Tzabar hummus over salmonella contamination
Grocery stores ordered to pull from shelves 10 different types of hummus products produced by the Osem food manufacturing giant with an expiration date of December 26, 2022
By ToI Staff
The Strauss Elite candy factory in Nazareth, northern Israel, after salmonella was found in a few of their products. April 28, 2022. (David Cohen/FLASH90)
November 23, 2022, 2:43 pm
Strauss chocolate bars returning to the shelves months after massive recall
Food manufacturing giant announces ‘significant investments’ to ensure quality and safety at the Nof Hagalil factory, which was shut down in May due to salmonella contamination
By Tobias Siegal
View of Strauss Group offices in Karmiel, northern Israel, on November 10, 2021. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
August 28, 2022, 6:51 pm
Strauss factory to gradually return to operations 4 months after salmonella scare
Following massive recall, Health Ministry says food production giant can begin making certain products after implementing thorough changes and expanding quality control team
By ToI Staff
Cheese production at the Tnuva Tel Yosef dairy plant. December 21, 2015. (Yossi Zeliger/FLASH90)
May 13, 2022, 11:16 pm
After Strauss recall, salmonella found at Tnuva factory as well
Health Ministry finds bacteria in one batch of powdered milk produced August 9, 2021, says no health hazard posed to public; Tnuva accounts for 70% of Israel’s dairy market
By Tobias Siegal
Illustrative: Cheese production at the Tnuva Tel Yosef dairy plant, on December 21, 2015. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
May 12, 2022, 8:08 pm
Health Ministry suspects contamination in Tnuva powdered milk production
No risk of tainted products reaching consumers, ministry says; suspicion rises during investigation of salmonella in Strauss chocolate
By Tobias Siegal
An illustrative photo showing chocolate bars made by Strauss Group. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
May 4, 2022, 1:15 pm
Strauss’s massive recall includes food products sold abroad
More than 100 Elite-branded items ranging from chocolate bars to chewing gum taken off shelves due to salmonella concerns; firm operates in 20 countries, including US, Canada
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog at Beit Hanassi, the President's Residence in Jerusalem, April 2022 (Ariel Jerozolimski for The Times of Israel)
May 3, 2022, 2:16 pm
Daily Briefing May 3: President on his ‘soft power’; Elite and the chocolate factory
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses highlights from Herzog interview and health writer Nathan Jeffay analyzes the Strauss salmonella outbreak and a new blood bank
By ToI Staff
View of the Strauss Elite candy factory in Nof Hagalil, northern Israel, April 28, 2022. (David Cohen/FLASH90)
May 3, 2022, 1:07 pm
Fire breaks out at Strauss-Elite factory shuttered over salmonella outbreak
Blaze isolated to a training room, extinguished by firefighters; no injuries
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative: People outside a Shufersal supermarket in Safed on April 6, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)
May 1, 2022, 8:37 pm
Another recall: Shufersal says some of its biscuits contaminated with nylon
Announcement follows massive recall of Strauss Group food products due to potential salmonella
By ToI Staff
View of the Strauss Elite candy factory in Nof Hagalil, northern Israel, April 28, 2022. (David Cohen/FLASH90)
May 1, 2022, 4:22 pm
Pigeons, flawed oversight: Health Ministry report on salmonella recall slams Strauss
In initial report, ministry says pigeons in factory, construction work, and the lack of a food safety director could all have played a role in disease outbreak
By Amy Spiro
A factory producing Bamba in Sderot on May 8, 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
April 29, 2022, 7:12 pm
A 5-month salmonella crisis in ’94 shows just how far Israel has come on food safety
Nearly 30 years ago, it took thousands of illnesses and the outbreak spreading abroad to find the source of the sickness; the current case could have been just as bad
By Nathan Jeffay
Health Ministry Director-General Nachman Ash and Head of Public Health Services Sharon Alroy-Preis speaking to the press during a visit to the Strauss Elit candy factory in Nof Hagalil, Northern Israel, on April 28, 2022. (David Cohen/Flash90)
April 28, 2022, 7:21 pm
Health Ministry shuts down Strauss factory after massive salmonella recall
Chair apologizes for major scare; CEO says pigeons discovered at Nof Hagalil plant during recent renovations, can’t not confirm whether they contributed to contaminations
By ToI Staff
A man shops for groceries at a Rami Levy supermarket in Jerusalem on February 3, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 27, 2022, 4:19 pm
Strauss expands recall to include gum, candies after further salmonella traces found
Citing an abundance of caution, food manufacturer says it is also fully shutting factory; CEO: ‘We apologize to the public, customers and retailers for the serious malfunction’
By Amy Spiro
Israelis, some wearing protective face masks and some not, on the streets of Tel Aviv, April 21, 2021. (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90)
April 27, 2022, 4:13 pm
Daily Briefing April 27: Israelis unmasked and the Strauss salmonella scare
Health and science writer Nathan Jeffay discusses no-mask mandate, salmonella in Strauss products as environmental reporter Sue Surkes looks at a Chevron case and wetlands proposal
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A woman suffering from a stomach ailment. (iStock via Getty Images)
April 27, 2022, 12:47 pm
Salmonella Q&A: Israel’s massive bacteria-induced chocolate recall explained
Chocolates and snacks have been removed from shelves across country. Will every contaminated chocolate make you sick? And how does contamination come about?
By Nathan Jeffay
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