HelloFresh Faces Safety Concerns Amid Drop in Shares

19 days ago

Louise Moon

"And Louise, what's happening at HelloFresh? Should we be calling them Hello Rotten? We could be soon. So, their shares dropping as much as 7% today. So, their lowest since about June last year, and this is on a public health alert in the US. So saying that some of their ready to eat meals that sold by the company uh that the spinach within them might be contaminated with a type of bacteria and this bacteria can cause will typically cause kind of fever- like symptoms. Um this is items that are shipped directly to consumers and uh HelloFresh notified the the US food safety department that they it could be contaminated."

HelloFresh is under scrutiny as shares drop up to 7% following a public health alert in the US. Concerns center around potential contamination in ready-to-eat meals, specifically contaminated spinach that could cause fever-like symptoms, raising risks of further product recalls and impacting investor sentiment.