{"id":4945,"date":"2026-02-13T16:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/4945\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:36:08","slug":"nestle-issues-baby-formula-update-after-massive-recall-across-60-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/4945\/","title":{"rendered":"Nestle issues baby formula update after massive recall across 60 countries"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Nestle<\/p>\n

Nestle and Danone have been the hardest hit by the recall, with a raft of products withdrawn from sale over concerns they contain the cereulide toxin, which can cause nausea, vomiting and abdominal cramps if consumed (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Nestle is running some factories around the clock to step up production of baby formula after a global recall<\/a> and contamination crisis.<\/p>\n

The Swiss food giant confirmed it is working to boost availability to meet demand.<\/p>\n

This is understood to include efforts to increase production to 24 hours a day at five factories in France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands, according to Bloomberg.<\/p>\n

Efforts are focused on maintaining supply levels for products aimed at infants<\/a> under one years of age, who rely on breast milk or baby formula as their main source of nutrition.<\/p>\n

Nestle said: \u201cProduction at all our infant formula factories is running at full capacity to ensure our products reach consumers as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

\"Nestle<\/p>\n

Nestle and Danone have been the hardest hit by the recall, with a raft of products withdrawn from sale over concerns they contain the cereulide toxin, which can cause nausea, vomiting and abdominal cramps (PA Wire)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are focused on increasing the availability of infant formula to meet demand, providing parents and families with high quality products they can trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

It comes amid the sector\u2019s biggest ever recall, with products from at least five firms said to have been recalled across over 60 countries.<\/p>\n

Nestle and Danone<\/a> have been the hardest hit by the recall, with a raft of products withdrawn from sale over concerns they contain the cereulide toxin, which can cause nausea, vomiting and abdominal cramps if consumed.<\/p>\n

In the UK, health chiefs confirmed earlier this month there had been 36 reports of children with symptoms<\/a> of toxin poisoning linked to recent recalls by Danone and Nestle.<\/p>\n

It emerged that the contamination originated from a shared, third-party ingredient supplier, which the companies have confirmed they are no longer using.<\/p>\n

In the UK, both Nestle and Danone have announced a raft of recalls since the start of the year.<\/p>\n

In January, Nestle started a precautionary product recall of a number of batches of 12 SMA Infant Formula and Follow-On Formula products in the UK due to the possible presence of cereulide.<\/p>\n

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) confirmed recently that the affected ingredient in SMA products was arachidonic acid (ARA) oil.<\/p>\n

This plays an important role in infant development and is added to formula to ensure babies who are not breastfed receive it.<\/p>\n

A fresh batch of Nestle formula, which was only distributed in Northern Ireland, was also added to a product recall on February 4.<\/p>\n

On January 24, Danone recalled one batch of Aptamil First Infant Formula in the UK because of cereulide contamination.<\/p>\n

Danone and Nestle have confirmed they are no longer using the affected supplier, and that Aptamil, Cow & Gate and SMA products now on sale do not contain the contaminated ingredient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nestle and Danone have been the hardest hit by the recall, with a raft of products withdrawn from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[4236,553,4237,586,4235,199,548,1138],"class_list":{"0":"post-4945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nestle","8":"tag-abdominal-cramps","9":"tag-baby-formula","10":"tag-contamination-crisis","11":"tag-danone","12":"tag-global-recall","13":"tag-nestle","14":"tag-product-recall","15":"tag-products"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4945","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=4945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}