Salmonella Agona contamination in young children: extension of withdrawal-recall measures for infant nutrition products
The Minister of the Economy and Finance Bruno LE MAIRE announced on Sunday 10 December, via a press release, the suspension of marketing and exports of several infant nutrition product references manufactured in 2017 by the Lactalis Nutrition Santé (LNS) group, and ordered their recall due to a risk of Salmonella contamination.
On 2 December 2017, the LNS group, informed of the occurrence of 20 cases of salmonellosis in children under 6 months of age who had consumed its products, announced the withdrawal and recall of 12 infant milk references produced at the same site.
Last week, 5 new cases of salmonellosis in infants were reported, with infection by the same strain of Salmonella (Salmonella agona) confirmed.
A total of 625 batches of infant milk are affected. The list of product references is available on the website of the Ministry of Solidarity and Health: www.solidarites-sante.gouv.fr.
Your Phytocontrol laboratory is able to carry out Salmonella testing in infant milk under COFRAC accreditation. You can consult our COFRAC technical annex No. 1-1904 available in your customer area or on the COFRAC website.
