{"id":845,"date":"2026-02-11T15:44:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/845\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:44:24","slug":"nestle-backs-global-cereulide-standards-as-recalls-expand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/845\/","title":{"rendered":"Nestl\u00e9 Backs Global Cereulide Standards as Recalls Expand"},"content":{"rendered":"

SummaryNestl\u00e9 has become the first company implicated in the global infant formula recall to openly support creating universal, harmonized safety standards for detecting and testing cereulide.The company has expanded its recall, pulling additional batches of Guigoz in France and SMA in Northern Ireland.Supply shortages are emerging in several markets, including the UK, with Nestl\u00e9 saying it is working to restore supply \u201cas quickly as possible\u201d.<\/p>\n

Nestl\u00e9 is urging industry and regulators to set universal safety standards for detecting and testing cereulide in food and infant formula.<\/p>\n

The Swiss major is the first company implicated in the global formula recall<\/a> to openly back a harmonized regulatory standard for the toxin \u2013 which remains largely unregulated.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are committed to sharing our scientific expertise and urgently call for a harmonized global food safety approach and testing method on cereulide to raise industry standards,\u201d Nestl\u00e9 said in an open letter to consumer watchdog Foodwatch International. \u201cWe believe these efforts will reassure parents and caregivers as we continue to provide high-quality, safe products in which they can trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why Nestl\u00e9\u2019s voice matters<\/p>\n

Leading microbiologist Monika Ehling-Schulz who co-developed the ISO method for detecting cereulide told us<\/a> regulators globally were yet to establish safety benchmarks for the toxin.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem with cereulide is that we don\u2019t have established reference doses that are considered safe,\u201d she said. \u201cNobody knows what this \u2018low\u2019 concentration actually means, because the limit has not been defined yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to comply with the rules if the rules do not exist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also read \u2192 What we know so far about the infant formula recalls<\/a><\/p>\n

EFSA, the EU food safety authority, has since published safety thresholds for the toxin<\/a> in both infants and infant formula products.<\/p>\n

But cereulide remains largely unregulated outside the bloc \u2013 making industry collaboration core to establishing a common safety benchmark.<\/p>\n

Nestl\u00e9 has so far been the most affected manufacturer by the contamination, having had to pull products from around 60 countries. <\/p>\n

Its backing of harmonized rules could prompt more companies to voice their support and, ultimately, accelerate efforts to shape a universal safety approach.<\/p>\n

Nestl\u00e9 widens recall as supply shortages emerge<\/p>\n

Nestl\u00e9 has pulled additional batches of formula in France (Guigoz) and Northern Ireland (SMA) respectively, just three weeks after CEO Philipp Navratil said all recalls had already been announced.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs methods for analyzing cereulide have evolved, we are voluntarily recalling a batch of Guigoz infant formula in addition to the batches already recalled,\u201d Nestl\u00e9 said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The company is also facing supply shortages in some markets, including the UK, where some consumers report its SMA brand is out of stock. Vicky Woods, MD at Nestl\u00e9 Nutrition in the UK and Ireland, said that the group was \u201crestoring supply as quickly as we possibly can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nestl\u00e9 has so far played down fears that the recall would hit its bottom line significantly, highlighting the recalled products form around 0.5% of its annual sales. <\/p>\n

Investor sentiment has been resilient, with shares climbing back to pre-January levels this week and major brokers sticking to their ratings for the Swiss major ahead of its FY25 results on February 19. <\/p>\n

Uncertainty around future recalls and lingering supply woes could dent that confidence<\/a>, however, but it remains to be seen if the new safety thresholds in the EU would trigger further recalls or cause the Swiss major\u2019s brands to lose shelf space to competitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SummaryNestl\u00e9 has become the first company implicated in the global infant formula recall to openly support creating universal,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[1117,1118,1119,1120,1121,1122,1123,982,1124,1125,1126,1127,1128,1129,1130,1131,1132,272,1133,1134,199,1135,1136,1137,1138,1139,41,1140,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nestle","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-american","10":"tag-beverage","11":"tag-bottled","12":"tag-brand","13":"tag-building","14":"tag-cereals","15":"tag-coffee","16":"tag-company","17":"tag-cookies","18":"tag-corporate","19":"tag-corporation","20":"tag-dairy","21":"tag-exterior","22":"tag-facility","23":"tag-headquarter","24":"tag-illustrative-editorial","25":"tag-international","26":"tag-manufacturer","27":"tag-multinational","28":"tag-nestle","29":"tag-nutrition","30":"tag-pet","31":"tag-product","32":"tag-products","33":"tag-signage","34":"tag-swiss","35":"tag-taste","36":"tag-united-states"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845","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=845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}