Nestle, Dumex infant formula products recalled over presence of toxin
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The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) on Saturday (Jan 17) ordered the recall of two additional infant formula products over the presence of cereulide toxin.Cereulide is a toxin produced by some strains of the Bacillus cereus bacterium, which can cause symptoms sucNestle, Dumex infant formula products recalled over presence of toxin
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) on Saturday (Jan 17) ordered the recall of two additional infant formula products over the presence of cereulide toxin.Cereulide is a toxin produced by some strains of the Bacillus cereus bacterium, which can cause symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and diarrhoea.The affected products are from Nestle and Dumex.Both the SFA and Communicable Diseases Agency (SFA) said in a joint statement that the detection follows stepped up surveillance and testing of infant formula products after the SFA's direction to stop the sale of five batches of Nestle's infant formula and follow-on formula on Jan 8. «SFA has detected cereulide toxin in two additional formula products. These products may have used the same raw ingredient supplied by the same source used in the earlier batches of implicated infant formula products,» the agencies said. Read more
