Investor Presentaiton
High profile food scares have expensive consequences for
producers...
eurofins
Brand /
Year
Contamination
Impact
Cost
Country
2021
Tyson Foods Inc.
Listeria contaminating ready-to-eat
chicken products
Recall of some 8,955,296 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products due to a potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes
Unquantified
Over 1,000 items recalled across European retailers/supermarkets
Unquantified
Source
The New York
Times
2019
Wilke Waldecker
2018
Fleisch- und
Wurstwaren
USA JBS
Tolleson
Listeria outbreak contaminating
meat products
Listeria and salmonella in ready-to-
eat salads and premade food items
Fipronil in European eggs
5 deaths after contracting listeria infections
About 6.5 million pounds of beef was recalled by Arizona-based meat producer JBS Tolleson. Millions of pounds of ready-to-eat salads
and premade food items at several big name retailers such as Harris Teeter, Kroger, Whole Foods, 7-Eleven, Trader Joe's and Walmart
have been recalled due to the potential risk of listeria and salmonella contamination.
Farms shut down in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France. Supermarkets have also withdrawn millions of eggs from sale
2017
Europe
2015
USA Chipotle
E. coli outbreak at restaurants in
multiple states
53 people sick, 22 hospitalized in 9 states across the U.S. 15% decline in like-for-like sales during the period
Unquantified
Unquantified
- USD 8bn
Food Safety News
/ The Brussels
Times
USA Today
BBC news
CNN
2013
Europe
Beef products contaminated with
horse meat
Sales of frozen burgers plunged 43% and frozen ready meals fell 13% in the UK between 21 Jan - 17 Feb, 2013, at the height of the
scandal
Market value
lost
- €360m
The Guardian
Dioxins in eggs, poultry and pork
About 3,000 tons of feed contaminated with oil intended for use in bio-fuels, 4700 farms closed, revenues lost, tightening regulation
70 people sick, 25 people hospitalized, job losses, withdrawal of 86 million "cookies-worth", court proceedings initiated
2011
Germany
2009
Nestlé
E. coli in cookie dough
2008
Kellogg's,
Salmonella in peanut butter
9 dead, 683 people sick, global recall of peanut butter and related products (1,600 types of products involved)
Unilever, General
Mills
2008
Irish pork
Dioxins
Recall of Irish pork products, job losses, destruction of 100,000 pigs
2008
Sanlu/ Fronterra
Melamine in dairy products
50,000 infants ill, 6 deaths, global recall of dairy and related products, criminal charges in China
+ global brands
Market value
lost for Tesco
Unquantified
Unquantified
USD 100m
Est. only for
Kellogg's
> €300m
Unquantified
BBC News
CNN Health
Bloomberg
Irish Exporters
Association
BBC News
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