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The number of chocolate shops in Belgium has doubled in the past 10 years, with the country now boasting 755 stores selling the country’s culinary speciality.
Chocolate is a huge money earner for the Belgian economy, generating around €2 billion in exports every year.
Among the number of salmonella infections reported in Belgium, 29 cases have so far been linked to the Ferrero factory in Arlon, Belgium’s food safety agency FASFC has announced.
The Arlon chocolate factory Ferrero that produces Kinder products has been ordered to close by Belgian health authorities.
Belgium’s Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) is recalling several chocolate products that originated in a Ferrero factory in Arlon due to the presence of salmonella bacteria.
Among the outpouring of initiatives to support the victims of the war in Ukraine, one chocolate maker in Kortrijk has been courting controversy for his range of chocolate hand grenades.
Batches of Delhaize's organic hazelnut spread sold since 24 November are being recalled for containing mineral oils and hydrocarbons.
Food guide Gault&Millau has named Vanessa Renard as the Brussels Chocolatier of the Year in its new guide to the best chocolate in Belgium and Luxembourg.
