Urgent recall of contaminated Easter products

Batches from multiple Kinder items have been urgently recalled from major retailers across Australia.

Last Thursday, several Ferrero Australia products were pulled from shelves due to potential salmonella contamination.

On Saturday, Food Standards Australia updated their Kinder recall to include batches from further items and warned consumers not to eat the products as they may cause illness.

These products have been available for sale at nationally at Coles, Woolworths, Target, Kmart, Big W, independent food retailers including IGA and petrol stations and online.

The new recalled products and their batch numbers are:

  • Kinder Easter Basket 120g (6x20g): 19300698000619
  • Kinder Mini Eggs Hazelnut: 100g: 19300698020242; 270g; 9300698503618; 750g: 9300698503618
  • Kinder Surprise Maxi (Miraculous) 100g: 19300698018591
  • Kinder Surprise Maxi (Natoons) 100g: 19300698016528
  • Kinder Surprise Xmas Maxi (Disney Frozen 2021) 100g: 9300698502246
  • Kinder Surprise Xmas Maxi (2021) 100g: 9300698501935
  • Kinder Maxi Xmas Mix with Plush (2021) 133g: 9300698504004
  • Kinder Xmas Happy Moments Ballotin (2021) 190g: 9300698503960.

 The original recalled products were:

  • Kinder Easter Basket 120g (6x20g) - best before dates from 7/10/22 up to and including 20/11/22
  • Kinder Mini Eggs Hazelnut 100g - best before dates from 23/8/22 up to and including 13/9/22
  • Kinder Surprise Maxi 100g - best before dates from 23/8/22 up to and including 13/9/22

Kinder Surprise Maxi - Natoons 100g - best before dates from 23/8/22 up to and including 13/9/22.

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The factory produces about 7 per cent of Kinder products sold globally each year. 

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said the Kinder factory was linked to a salmonella outbreak in at least nine countries.

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