Overview
- The recall targets specific batches sold in Germany and other markets, with authorities and media reporting checks extending to roughly 25 countries.
- Nestlé traces the risk to potential Cereulid contamination from a supplier ingredient, following quiet shelf removals over the holidays and a public notice on January 5.
- Austria’s food safety agency AGES found 33 batches positive for the toxin at low levels and removed them, stating the concentrations posed no demonstrable health risk.
- Parents are advised not to use listed batches and to return them for full refunds without receipts, with batch lists and a Nestlé helpline provided for guidance.
- Austrian authorities report more than 800 products from over ten Nestlé sites were checked or withdrawn, a scope Nestlé has not fully confirmed, while investigations and calls for greater transparency continue.