Overview
- Danone added more than 120 Aptamil and Milumil lots in Austria and Germany, nearly as many lots in France, and broadened recalls to the UK, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Switzerland, Croatia and Slovenia.
- The UK Food Standards Agency detailed about 15 additional Aptamil and Cow & Gate lots, and Spain’s AESAN extended its alert for Almirón and Blédina, both building on recalls first issued in late January.
- Authorities say the stepped-up actions follow EFSA’s stricter cereulide guidance, with contamination reported in arachidonic-acid oil supplied by China-based Cabio Biotech.
- France’s DGAL signaled more recalls are likely under the tighter limit but said withdrawals remain modest relative to production volumes, reducing the risk of shortages.
- Legal and civic pressure grew as a parents’ association asked the Défenseure des droits to investigate, while French penal probes into two infant deaths continue without a confirmed link to the toxin and five hospitalized infants have been discharged.