Nestle confirms salmonella found at plant

BURLINGTON, Wis., Feb. 19 (UPI)

-- A Nestle spokeswoman said salmonella was found in a batch of chocolate morsels manufactured at a plant in Burlington, Wis.
Laurie MacDonald said a sample of the morsels tested positive for salmonella a couple weeks ago. She said a recall was not necessary since the tested batch was never distributed for sale, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said Thursday.
MacDonald assured the public the plant underwent an intense cleaning after the positive test to prevent the possibility of a salmonella outbreak.
"We have rigorous quality assurance protocols and procedures in place, which include testing of product during our manufacturing process," she said.
"As part of our extensive quality procedures, we also tested product manufactured before and after this single positive sample, and all product tested negative. Quality is our number one priority and this is example of our extensive procedures at work."

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