Food giant Nestlé has announced the voluntary recall of batches of baby formula products in several European countries including Luxembourg.
The Swiss company said on its website on Monday that it had detected a quality problem in an ingredient from one of its major suppliers.
In Luxembourg, an alert was issued on the Food Safety portal on Tuesday, detailing the products concerned by the possible presence of Bacillus cereus, a micro-organism which can cause digestive problems including diarrhoea and vomiting.
These are products marketed, in different points of sale, under the brands PreNAN (Stge 1), NAN (Evolia 1, Expertpro AR 0-12 months, Expertpro AR Mix 0-12 months, Expertpro lactose free, Expertpro Complete 0-12 months, Sinergity 2) and Alfamino.
Details of the batch numbers and use-by dates affected by the recall can be seen on the Food Safety portal.
A similar alert was issued in Belgium by the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain. The affected products are the same as those in Luxembourg, as they are distributed by Nestlé Belgilux SA in both countries.
Nestlé told AFP that it was “in contact with the authorities in the countries concerned to ensure that the necessary measures are taken.” The company described the recall as precautionary, as “no cases of illness linked to the products concerned have been confirmed to date.”
France, Germany
Nestlé France said on Monday evening that it was carrying out “a voluntary preventive recall of certain batches of Guigoz and Nidal infant milks”, following on from a voluntary recall initiated at the beginning of December of a batch of Guigoz infant milk in France.
In December, Nestlé issued a recall of infant milk, particularly in France, following the detection of the micro-organism Bacillus cereus on a production line. This prompted strong criticism from the NGO Foodwatch, which criticised the company for communicating in a “very vague” manner.
In Germany, the products are sold under the brand names Beba and Alfamino.
On the local versions of its website for each country concerned, the group has posted photos with the batch numbers of the products, which are sold under different names from one country to another.
Nestlé France, which is urging its customers to contact Guigoz Consumer Services on 0800 100 409 or Nidal on 0800 100 312, is asking consumers who have bought one of the batches of products concerned not to return it to the shop, to take a photo of each box concerned in order to obtain a purchase voucher and to throw the product away.
In the event of suspected health problems linked to the consumption of the product, Nestlé is urging anyone affected to contact a health professional.
(This article was originally published by Virgule. Machine translated using AI, with editing and adaptation by John Monaghan)