Ronen Tzur, a spokeman for the Nasich Tehina company, said to Army Radio that the Ministry of Health is treating the company roughly, since they're not as big as Unilever.
Recently, a salmonella-infected batch of cornflakes by Unilever sparked panic and outrage at the Ministry of Health's slow report turn-around. Just a few days later, Nasich Tehina found salmonella on one of its production lines as well.
"There is here a very, very aggressive attitude of the Ministry toward the Nasich factory. Obviously, it's much easier to demonstrate such an agressive attitude toward a small factory from the Galilee than toward other factories. If all factories had closed production lines like 'Nasich,' I am certain that we would have found other results," said Tzur, tracing the salmonella outbreak back to the company's sesame seed distributor, rather than the tehina company's own practices.