Overview
- APS-Enfants filed three criminal complaints in Paris, Bordeaux and Angers, targeting systemic responsibilities and the circumstances of infant deaths with potential charges including involuntary manslaughter and injury.
- Radio France reported that toxin analyses supervised by ANSES were delegated to Belgium’s Sciensano due to limited capacity in France, a point not immediately confirmed by French ministries.
- French authorities count three reported infant deaths and 14 hospitalisations in children who consumed formulas later recalled, while stressing that causality has not been established.
- Judicial and sanitary investigations continue nationwide, including an inquiry near Toulouse where an autopsy on an 8‑month‑old was inconclusive and further laboratory analyses are underway.
- Recalls have expanded since EFSA lowered tolerated cereulide thresholds, with Danone widening withdrawals across multiple European markets, and France remains the only country in Europe reporting deaths.