Overview
- Recalls by Nestlé, Danone, Lactalis and smaller producers now span about sixty countries after detections of the emetic toxin cereulide in products or ingredients.
- Cabio Bio Tech, a Wuhan supplier of ARA oil used in infant formulas, has been publicly identified by multiple reports as the common source under scrutiny.
- The Paris administrative court rejected an urgent petition alleging state failings, citing official assurances that affected products were withdrawn; the association says it may appeal.
- Two judicial investigations have been opened in Bordeaux and Angers after infants died following consumption of recalled Nestlé formula, with no causal link established to date according to authorities.
- At the European Commission’s request, EFSA will issue a scientific opinion on cereulide in children’s products on February 2, as regulators acknowledge current rules did not mandate routine testing for this toxin.