Overview
- Police in Austria, which on Monday widened the hunt to kindergartens and care homes in Burgenland, are searching for a possible second contaminated jar and await a toxicology assessment of the poison dose.
- Labor tests over the weekend confirmed rat poison in a customer‑submitted HiPP “Carrot with Potato” jar in Schützen am Gebirge, and police said none of it was consumed.
- Investigators believe at least one more marked jar may have been sold, and they urge people not to open suspicious jars and to return them to SPAR stores for refunds or hand them to police.
- Officials say suspect jars can show a white sticker with a red circle on the base, a damaged or pre‑opened lid, and no safety “plopp” sound when first opened.
- Police in Czechia and Slovakia reported securing similarly marked jars, German investigators in Ingolstadt are assisting, and HiPP says Germany’s retail channels are not affected while health agencies warn rodenticide exposure can cause delayed bleeding that doctors treat with vitamin K.