Food giant Nestle has recalled some of its baby formula products over concerns they may contain a food poisoning toxin.<\/p>\n
The company said several batches of its SMA infant formula and follow-on formula were not safe to be fed to babies.<\/p>\n
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said affected batches may contain the cereulide toxin which can cause nausea, vomiting and abdominal cramps, if consumed.<\/p>\n
Nestle apologised to customers but said there had been no confirmed reports of any related illness so far.<\/p>\n
The problem was caused by an ingredient provided by a leading supplier, it added.<\/p>\n
Jane Rawling, head of incidents at the FSA, said: \u201cFSA\u2019s advice is that parents, guardians and caregivers should not feed infants or young children with these products.<\/p>\n
\u201cCereulide is a toxin produced by food poisoning bacteria Bacillus Cereus, and can cause food poisoning symptoms which can be quick to develop and include vomiting, and stomach cramps.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to reassure parents, guardians and caregivers that we are taking urgent action, helping to ensure all of the affected product is removed from sale as a precaution.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you have fed this product to a baby and have any concerns about potential health impact, you should seek advice from healthcare professionals by contacting your GP or calling NHS 111.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nestle products affected by the recall include SMA Advanced First Infant Milk, SMA Advanced Follow-On Milk, SMA Anti Reflux, SMA Alfamino, SMA First Infant Milk, SMA Little Steps First Infant Milk, SMA Comfort and SMA Lactose Free.<\/p>\n
More detail about which batches have been recalled can be found on food.gov.uk or on the Nestle website.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the company said: \u201cFollowing the detection of a quality issue with an ingredient provided by a leading supplier, Nestle has undertaken testing of all arachidonic acid (ARA) oil and corresponding oil mixes used in the production of potentially impacted infant nutrition products.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo illnesses have been confirmed in connection with the products involved to date.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe company is in contact with UK authorities and as a precautionary measure, is voluntarily recalling specific batches of its SMA infant formula and follow-on formula.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Food giant Nestle has recalled some of its baby formula products over concerns they may contain a food…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[553,2699,926,1168,2180,2181,199],"class_list":{"0":"post-2587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nestle","8":"tag-baby-formula","9":"tag-caregivers","10":"tag-food-poisoning","11":"tag-food-standards-agency","12":"tag-fsa","13":"tag-infant-milk","14":"tag-nestle"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}