French dairy giant Lactalis announced a further recall of baby food products after establishing a source of contamination at a French factory which has been linked to cases of salmonella bacteria, reports Independent.ie.
Lactalis said it was recalling as a precaution all infant formula and other baby food products made at its factory in Craon, northwest France, since February 15th, which would represent 720 batches in addition to more than 600 batches already concerned by recent withdrawals.
The latest recall affected products destined for both French and overseas markets carrying the Picot, Milumel and Taranis brands, Lactalis said in a statement.
Products supplied by the Craon plant are suspected of being linked to recent cases of salmonella infection among infants in France.
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- The World Health Organization on December 22nd issued information and advice on the contamination which can be found here, and listed the countries where the now recalled products were exported to, as recorded on December 15th, and which are (in alphabetical order):
Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Congo, Cyprus, Côte d'Ivoire, France, Gabon, Georgia, Greece, Guinea, Haiti, Hong Kong SAR (China), Iraq, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Taiwan (China), Togo, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Yemen, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The products have also been distributed in the French overseas territories and départements.