Overview
- Following Saturday's precautionary withdrawal by Spar in Austria, police said a lab found rat poison in a customer-reported jar from a store near Eisenstadt and reported no consumption.
- Officials identified the suspect product as HiPP's 190 g carrot with potato jars and urged shoppers to watch for a white sticker with a red circle on the base or signs of tampering such as a damaged lid, no safety pop, or a foul smell.
- Retailers widened precautions as Tesco in the Czech city of Brno removed the brand after two altered jars were found, and Slovak police seized stock for expert testing.
- Health agency AGES warned that common rat poisons block vitamin K and can cause delayed bleeding two to five days after ingestion, so parents should seek urgent care if babies show bleeding, extreme weakness, or pallor.
- Investigators are treating the case as suspected extortion with cross-border coordination, and HiPP set up hotlines and refunds without receipts while testing and searches continue.