Editing Cadbury (section)

=== 2006 salmonella scare ===
On 20 January 2006, Cadbury Schweppes detected a strain of the ''[[Salmonella]]'' montevideo (SmvdX07) bacteria, affecting seven of its products.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/revealed-watchdogs-damning-verdict-on-cadburys-over-salmonella-scare-417170.html |title=Revealed: watchdog's damning verdict on Cadbury's over salmonella |date=23 September 2006 |website=The Independent |access-date=24 April 2019 |archive-date=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424110517/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/revealed-watchdogs-damning-verdict-on-cadburys-over-salmonella-scare-417170.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jun/30/foodanddrink |title=Three in hospital with salmonella after Cadbury scare |date=30 June 2006 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=24 April 2019 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424110511/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jun/30/foodanddrink |url-status=live }}</ref> The contamination was caused by a leaking pipe, from which waste water dripped onto a chocolate crumb production line at the company's plant in [[Marlbrook, Herefordshire|Marlbrook]], [[Herefordshire]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last=ElAmin |first=Ahmed |url=https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2006/07/25/Cadbury-apologises-for-Salmonella-outbreak |title=Cadbury apologises for Salmonella outbreak |work=FoodNavigator |orig-date=Original date 24 July 2006 |date=2008-07-19 |access-date=10 October 2024 |url-access=limited |archive-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410081235/https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2006/07/25/Cadbury-apologises-for-Salmonella-outbreak |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jun/24/foodanddrink |title=Chocolate may have poisoned more than 40 |last=Vasagar |first=Jeevan |date=24 June 2006 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=24 April 2019 |archive-date=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424110521/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jun/24/foodanddrink |url-status=live }}</ref> It was not until around six months after the leak was detected that Cadbury Schweppes notified the [[Food Standards Agency]], a delay which Cadbury Schweppes was unable to explain satisfactorily, and for which it was criticised.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2008/09/15/Unanswered-questions-in-Cadbury-salmonella-case |title=Unanswered questions in Cadbury salmonella case |website=foodmanufacture.co.uk |date=14 September 2008 |access-date=24 April 2019 |archive-date=11 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111214749/https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2008/09/15/Unanswered-questions-in-Cadbury-salmonella-case |url-status=live }}</ref> The Food Standards Agency ordered the company to recall more than a million chocolate bars.<ref name="bbcsal">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5110674.stm |title=Cadbury recall after health fears |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112013657/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5110674.stm |archivedate=12 January 2009 |work= [[BBC News]] |date=23 June 2006}}</ref> In December 2006, the company announced that the cost of dealing with the incident reached £30 million.<ref name=prosecution>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6583027.stm |title=Cadbury faces salmonella action |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906002846/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6583027.stm |archivedate=6 September 2007 |work= [[BBC News]] |date=23 April 2007}}</ref>

In April 2007, [[Birmingham City Council]] announced that it would be prosecuting Cadbury Schweppes in relation to three alleged offences of breaching food safety legislation. At that time, the [[Health Protection Agency]] identified 37 people who had been infected with Salmonella montevideo.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/aug/03/food.foodanddrink |title=Salmonella outbreak costs Cadbury £20m |last=Walsh |first=Fiona |date=2 August 2006 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=24 April 2019 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322004953/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/aug/03/food.foodanddrink |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1" /> One of the alleged victims had to be kept on a hospital isolation ward for five days after eating a Cadbury's caramel bar.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irwinmitchell.com/newsandmedia/2007/april/lawyer-for-salmonella-victims-responds-to-potential-legal-action-against-cadburys |last=Dixon |first=Rob |date=23 April 2007 |publisher=Irwin Mitchell |access-date=10 July 2013 |location=Sheffield |title=Lawyer for Salmonella Victims Responds to Potential Legal Action against Cadburys |archive-date=17 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017134656/http://www.irwinmitchell.com/newsandmedia/2007/april/lawyer-for-salmonella-victims-responds-to-potential-legal-action-against-cadburys |url-status=live }}</ref> An investigation that was carried by [[Herefordshire Council]] led to a further six charges being brought.<ref name="prosecution" /> The company pleaded guilty to all nine charges,<ref name=birmpros>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6755945.stm |title=Cadbury admits salmonella charges |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908011456/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6755945.stm |archivedate=8 September 2007 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=15 June 2007}}</ref><ref name=herepros>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6265548.stm |title=Cadbury admits salmonella charges |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001170357/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6265548.stm |archivedate=1 October 2007 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=3 July 2007}}</ref> and was fined one million pounds at [[Birmingham Crown Court]] — the sentencing of both cases was brought together.<ref>{{cite web |last=confectionerynews.com |title=Court fines Cadbury 1.5m over salmonella contamination |url=https://www.confectionerynews.com/Article/2007/07/17/Court-fines-Cadbury-1.5m-over-salmonella-contamination |access-date=25 January 2021 |website=confectionerynews.com |date=16 July 2007 |archive-date=10 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410081548/https://www.confectionerynews.com/Article/2007/07/17/Court-fines-Cadbury-1.5m-over-salmonella-contamination |url-status=live }}</ref> Analysts<!-- if you can find an analyst who has said this, please change this, source does not name any --> have said the fine is not material to the group, with mitigating factors limiting the fine being that the company quickly admitted its guilt and said it had been mistaken that the infection did not pose a threat to health.<ref name="fine">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6900467.stm |title=Cadbury gets 1 mln pound salmonella fine |work=[[BBC News]] |date=16 July 2007 |access-date=30 January 2022}}.{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>