Chocolate Factory to Restart Production After Salmonella Scare: Barry Callebaut

Chocolate Factory to Restart Production After Salmonella Scare: Barry Callebaut
Products of chocolate and cocoa product maker Barry Callebaut are displayed during the company's annual news conference in Zurich, Switzerland, on Nov. 8, 2017. Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters
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BERLIN—Barry Callebaut said that it would restart the first chocolate production lines as of early August at its factory in Wieze, Belgium, following a salmonella outbreak at the site.

The Belgian-Swiss chocolate manufacturer reported that “the cleaning of the chocolate lines affected by the entry of salmonella-positive lecithin in its factory in Wieze, Belgium, is progressing well.”