A tanker carrying at least a dozen tons of liquid chocolate flipped onto a highway median near Slupca emerging with minor injuries and then being taken for treatment at a hospital But the tanker's contents spilled across multiple lanes on both sides of the roadway As anyone acquainted with Willy Wonka probably suspected this dreamlike river of chocolate grew rather complicated rather quickly for first responders Just take a gander at this footage shot by local media .. you hear the sucking sounds the boots of the cleanup crew make when tramping through that thick layer of chocolatey muck "Removing the chocolate will take a couple of hours. The chocolate congeals on the pavement, and it's worse than snow," one member of the fire brigade on site told local broadcaster TVN24 And the mess was not confined just to the immediate area around the truck the drivers drove it for several kilometers." "It's been a long time since I've seen so many smiles on the faces of emergency rescue folks and police officers at the scene of an accident," Marlena Kukawka, a media officer for the Slupca police department, told the Polish broadcaster. "And that's despite the fact that they still have a ton of work to do." Now, we'll just leave you with an image that will probably stay with you for a while: Some construction equipment trying desperately to scoop some congealed chocolate off the pavement — and, if we're being honest, only kind of succeeding. Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology 18-May-2019 Last updated on 18-May-2019 at 20:35 GMT Konspol aims to present itself as a modern and innovative company with a significant market share in Poland. The firm’s assets include five broiler farms, two meat processing plants in Nowy Sącz and Słupca, located in Poland’s southern and western part, respectively, a slaughterhouse, as well as a feed mill. Konspol’s facilities are operated by a workforce of 2,000 employees. Rafał Wylegała, the managing director of Konspol Group, told Global Meat News in a statement that the business was determined to increase its market share, and aimed to launch further investments in building new broiler farms, a cluster of non-processed meat production facilities, and also modernising the company’s existing meat processing plants. The value of the planned investments is to be determined in line with the market demand and customers preferences. Konspol’s slaughterhouse in Słupca, operated by its subsidiary Konspol Bis, is fitted with a capacity of 12,000 head per hour. The facility is BRC- and IFS-certified, and also enabled to produce halal meat. The processing plants in Słupca and Nowy Sącz are enabled with a capacity to make more than 7,000 tonnes (t) of ready products per month, according to data released by the meat business.  “Konspol Bis is one of the most modern chicken slaughterhouses in Europe, using air-cooling technology. This technology eliminates the danger of virus infections … and offers a long life-shelf of fresh product (14 days),” the company said in a statement on its website. Owing to the “air-cooling technology, there is more meat and less water in the same amount of the product.”  In addition to the Polish market, Konspol says it exports its products to a number of foreign markets, with a focus on EU member states, Switzerland, and the Japanese market. The EU markets include the UK, Ireland, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Finland,  Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary and Croatia Set up in 1982 and headquartered in Nowy Sącz, Konspol was founded by local businessman Kazimierz Pazgan, who served as the president of the company’s management board until the Pazgan family decided to sell its shares in Konspol to Cargill. Cargill completes Konspol acquisition04-Jan-2019By Aidan FortuneCargill’s European poultry business has completed the acquisition of Poland’s Konspol, strengthening its value-added offering. Cargill to acquire Konspol14-Sep-2018By Aidan FortuneProcessor Cargill has reached an agreement to acquire Konspol, a leading Polish value-added food company. Polish poultry meat processor Konspol has unveiled plans to invest a total of PLN 80 million (€19 million) this year, with the aim of developing and upgrading its capacities. Recent success for Welsh food and drink as it targets international marketsPaid for and content provided by Welsh Government Mastering mouthfeel: The importance of mouthfeel in making brands thrivePaid for and in partnership with Tate & Lyle Rethinking eggs for a resilient food future a ‘matter of necessity’Paid for and content provided by CSM Group (CSM Ingredients & HIFOOD) The tons of liquid milk chocolate covering a highway in Poland is hardening blocking traffic and creating a nightmare for clean-up crews The chocolate spilled onto the highway near Slupca, Poland, early Wednesday, when a tractor-trailer transporting the chocolate overturned, reports the Associated Press and the New York Times.  The chocolate gushed across all six lanes on the A2 which It blocked traffic in both directions Videos posted to Twitter show excavators scooping the soppy sticky mess from the highway as traffic builds up the truck lies on its side in the median.  suffered a broken arm and was hospitalized It wasn't known why the truck turned over, reports the Times said the truck carried 12 tons of chocolate Chocolate: Dark chocolate can improve stress, mood, memory and immunity, studies claim Read more: M&M's maker fears chocolate shortage by 2050, report says "The cooling chocolate is worse than snow," senior brigadier Bogdan Kowalski of Slupca Poland's fire brigade told the Associated Press How do you move thousands of pounds of hardening chocolate off a highway? Marlena Kukawa told the Times hot water will melt the chocolate off the road "It will take a few hours or more," she told the Times More: Dark chocolate can improve stress, mood, memory and immunity, studies find Bibles and Bible-based literature were sent to a hospital in Słupca wrote a letter of appreciation to our brothers in Warsaw after they responded to a request for Bibles The hospital cares for many COVID-19 patients A representative of the hospital’s administration wanted to provide resources to encourage and support the hospital workers and patients he contacted her and requested assistance in obtaining Bibles for the hospital informed her congregation elders about the request It contained six copies of the revised New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures and a selection of Bible-based publications The brothers also composed a letter explaining the special features of the New World Translation The hospital’s administrative board wrote a letter to the congregation in which they expressed their “heartfelt thanks for the tangible assistance and sensitivity to the needs of others.” The letter also stated: “In this difficult time in which everyone lives with constant concerns—for their life and work—you have found the strength to think about others Knowing that we were not left alone with our problems strengthened us to keep on fighting the pandemic and to deal successfully with the daily challenges we face while performing our work.” The sentiments expressed in this letter of thanks illustrate how we are able to provide comfort and hope through the means that Jehovah has provided.—Romans 15:4 Why are the promises found in the Bible different from the promises and predictions that people make Some people claim that God is using pandemics and other sicknesses to punish people today An overturned tanker full of chocolate spills its goods across a highway outside Slupca The sight of traffic stacking up on a weekday had to be a familiar one for the commuters and road-trippers plying Poland's major A2 highway on Wednesday But as the minutes whipped by while the cars sat still it had to dawn on them that something was different this time: This was no vanilla traffic jam As anyone acquainted with Willy Wonka probably suspected Just take a gander at this footage shot by local media .. "Removing the chocolate will take a couple of hours. The chocolate congeals on the pavement, and it's worse than snow," one member of the fire brigade on site told local broadcaster TVN24 "It's been a long time since I've seen so many smiles on the faces of emergency rescue folks and police officers at the scene of an accident," Marlena Kukawka, a media officer for the Slupca police department, told the Polish broadcaster "And that's despite the fact that they still have a ton of work to do." we'll just leave you with an image that will probably stay with you for a while: Some construction equipment trying desperately to scoop some congealed chocolate off the pavement — and Na #A2 Poznań-Warszawa przewróciła się cysterna z czekoladą. Trwa sprzątanie jezdni 😎🍫🍫🍫 #czekolada pic.twitter.com/EnSNT8ri1q Become an NPR sponsor Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Log in and download the free e-publication of the latest A&B The printed version is available for sale online in our store and press salons throughout Poland unique e-mail [will also be used as login in the portal] Only name - check the correctness of the data Only the last name - check the correctness of the data password must be at least 8 characters long * fields required for registration; data can be completed in account settings after logging in ** establishment of a student account follows verification of the validity of the student ID card Please try later or let us know: contact Technology: aitnet.pl Ⓒ AiB Publishing House 2025. All rights reserved. Tons of liquid milk chocolate are spilled and block six lanes on a highway after a truck transporting it overturned near Slupca, in western Poland, on Wednesday, May 9, 2018. (AP) Link copiedShareShare articleA truck crash in Poland has left a highway covered in 12 tonnes of liquid chocolate, blocking traffic in both directions and creating headaches for clean-up crews. The tanker overturned in the early hours of the morning after colliding with a traffic barrier in Graboszewo in the country's west on Wednesday (local time), causing waves of the sugary liquid to coat Poland's A2 motorway between Wrzesnia and Slupca. Traffic came to a complete standstill in both directions, with police saying it could take several hours to reopen the road. Rescue officials said the liquid chocolate was solidifying as it cooled and would require large amounts of hot water to clear away. "The cooling chocolate is worse than snow," said Slupca fire brigade senior brigadier Bogdan Kowalski. According to the manufacturer, spilled chocolate is more difficult to remove than oil and needs to be shifted gradually using pressurised hot water. In some areas, the chocolate was so thick that heavy machinery was brought in to scoop up the mess. The driver suffered a broken arm and was taken to hospital. While no-one else was injured during the incident, the troublesome substance did rob one local journalist of his shoe. CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)