FSN – Nestlé is looking to resume operations at a factory that was at the center of an E. coli outbreak in France earlier this year.
Approval from French authorities is still pending but if granted, the Caudry plant will restart in November.
A total of 56 E. coli cases and two deaths were linked to Buitoni brand Fraîch’Up pizzas. Most were caused by E. coli O26 and two by E. coli O103, according to Santé publique France, the country’s public health agency.
Fraîch’Up pizzas were recalled in March and production at the factory was suspended. A criminal inquiry into the incident was opened in May.
People fell sick from January to April with many children developing hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a type of kidney failure associated with E. coli infections that can result in lifelong, serious health problems and death.
