Parents are being told to stop feeding their infants Nutricia Karicare follow-on formula amid concerns it may contain a bacteria that could cause botulism.
The Ministry of Primary Industries today identified Nutricia Karicare follow-on formula as a product made in New Zealand potentially containing contaminated whey protein from Fonterra's Hautapu manufacturing facility.
The scare covers some 40 metric tonnes of product, which is used as an ingedient in a further 900 tonnes of product.
The batches of Nutricia Karicare follow-on formula, potentially contaminated with the life-threatening bacteria botulism, are not thought to be on New Zealand shelves.
But the acting director general of the Ministry of Primary Industries, Scott Gallacher, said this afternoon that he was advising parents not to use the formula as a precaution.
Gallacher named the countries involved as Australia, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam.
China this afternoon ordered a recall of all milk products that could be affected.
- Karicare Infant Formula Stage 1 (0–6 months) in NEW ZEALAND ONLY with batch numbers 3169 and 3170 (use by 17 06 2016 and 18 06 2016). The batch number and use by date can be found on the base of the tin.
- Karicare Gold+ Follow On Formula Stage 2 (6–12 months) in NEW ZEALAND ONLY with batch number D3183 (use by 31 12 2014). The batch number and use by date can be found on the base of the tin.
Consumers should not feed products with these batch numbers to infants.
If you have been using these products to feed your infant and your child shows any sign of illness, please contact your health care professional as a precautionary measure.
This recall ONLY affects batch numbers 3169 and 3170 of Karicare Infant Formula Stage 1 (0–6 months), sold in New Zealand and batch number D3183 of Karicare Gold+ Follow On Formula Stage 2 (6–12 months), sold in New Zealand.
The recall DOES NOT include other Karicare products.
This issue does not affect any Nutricia products sold in Australia.作者: hoolee 时间: 2013-8-5 12:01:18
