
Morocco Seizes and Destroys Imported Buitoni Pizzas Linked to E. coli Outbreak
Morocco has withdrawn from its market a batch of frozen pizzas of the Buitoni brand suspected of being the source of about fifty contaminations and two deaths in France.

Morocco has withdrawn from its market a batch of frozen pizzas of the Buitoni brand suspected of being the source of about fifty contaminations and two deaths in France.

The National Office of Sanitary Safety of Food Products (ONSSA) has decided to withdraw from the market more than 300 active ingredients, belonging to agricultural pesticide products that pose dangers to human and animal health.

Batches of Kinder chocolates would have been contaminated by the Salmonella bacteria, prompting the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) to decide to withdraw several products.

The National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) has started identifying sheep and goats intended to be sacrificed during Eid al-Adha .

A large-scale operation to identify beehives will be launched very soon in all Moroccan regions, to investigate the real causes of the disappearance of bee colonies .

At the initiative of the Ministry of the Interior, unannounced inspections are being carried out in all the souks and markets of the kingdom, to control and monitor the situation, about a month before the start of Ramadan .

The collapse of bee colonies recently observed in hives is not caused by a disease, but rather by climatic and environmental phenomena.

The regional director of the National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) of Béni-Mellal-Khénifra, Mohamed Nemmaoui, assured, based on laboratory analyzes carried out on the hives in the region, that the flight of bees is not related to any disease.

The phenomenon of the disappearance of bees , which is raging in certain Moroccan regions, is not caused by a disease, reassured the National Office of Sanitary Safety of Food Products (ONSSA).

Moroccan beekeepers have been facing the gradual disappearance of bee colonies in different regions of the country for a few weeks now. They have raised the alarm about a situation that is putting their industry in difficulty.

Faced with the concerns raised by Moroccans about the appearance of a new plant disease specific to tomatoes and peppers , the National Office of Sanitary Safety of Food Products (ONSSA) affirms that their consumption "does not present any danger to the health of the consumer".

Tons of dates unfit for consumption were seized this week in Marrakech. Informed, the National Office of Sanitary Safety of Food Products (ONSSA) proceeded with their destruction and an investigation was opened to identify the responsible parties and take appropriate measures.