据路透社英文网站2005年10月25日的消息报道说，雅芳产品公司在星期二宣布，由于日前有雇员数人病倒，公司目前已关闭其在波兰的化妆品生产工厂。
在周末一班的工人被报道病倒后，这家工厂在星期日和星期一开始停产关闭，星期一晚班又恢复生产，但在星期二早晨又有十个人被送到医院后，工厂再一次关闭。据雅芳公司说，在雅芳工厂及配送中心工作的3500名员工已经带薪休假，一直到病因查清。
雅芳公司的代表Maciej Rybicki 说：“我们正与政府密切合作尽一切努力查清这种情况发生的原因。”
这位雅芳代表没有说明雅芳将在何时重新恢复生产。
Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:31 AM ET
WARSAW, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Avon Products (AVP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the worlds largest direct seller of cosmetics, has shut down its Polish cosmetics factory after several employees fell ill, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
The factory was closed on Sunday and part of Monday after workers on the weekend shift reported feeling ill. It opened on Monday evening but was shuttered once again on Tuesday morning after 10 people were taken to hospital.
"We are working closely with the local authorities, and are doing everything we can to find the cause of the incident and clarify the situation,"
The statement did not say when