Overview
- Parents in the Intox’Alim collective accuse manufacturers and state authorities of endangering children, keeping dangerous goods on the market, obstructing the truth and failing to inform consumers about cereulide risks.
- Complainants seek independent laboratory testing, arguing that cases were steered back to manufacturers such as Nestlé for analysis, which they say jeopardizes probative evidence.
- France’s ANSES is currently the only public body able to detect and quantify cereulide but has limited capacity, leaving most tests to producers or private labs they select.
- Two criminal probes in Bordeaux and Angers follow the deaths of infants who consumed recalled Nestlé products, with no established causal link at this stage.
- EFSA lowered tolerated cereulide thresholds in early February, prompting further recalls across multiple brands and countries, as authorities trace contaminated raw material to Chinese supplier Cabio Biotech and Switzerland expects initial investigative results by week’s end.