Dumex added to Vietnam’s recalling milk list
Dumex added to Vietnam’s recalling milk list
The Vietnam Food Administration Monday ordered the Danone Vietnam Co Ltd to stop circulation and immediately launch a recall campaign on its Dumex Gold product, exacerbating the ongoing suspected toxic milk scare.
The infected products are the Dumex Gold Step 2 for babies from six to 12 months, stored in 800g, manufactured on May 30, 2013, and were in the import lot numbered 300513R1 from the Malaysia-based Danone Dumex, according to the VFA.
The VFA said the products are of New Zealand’s origin, and thus should be recalled as the Fonterra New Zealand, the giant New Zealand dairy cooperative, announced on Saturday that a single raw ingredient used in its baby formula could contain bacteria linked to botulism.
Clostridium botulinum is rod-shaped bacterium that produces several toxins, including neurotoxins, which cause the flaccid muscular paralysis seen in botulism.
VFA chief Tran Quang Trung told Tuoi Tre that the said import lot consists of 7,380 cans, or 615 cartons, of Dumex Gold Step 2. Some 190 cans have been sold to customers, while the remaining are being recalled, he said.
Trung asserted that this is the only import lot of Danone that could be infected with the Clostrium botulinum.
Following the contamination suspicion, Dumex and Karicare, both subsidiaries of French food giant Danone, have issued recalls in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and New Zealand, according to AFP.
Also on Monday, the VFA sent another directive to local diary importers, manufacturers, and traders, asking them to review their products to see if they include the toxic ingredient as warned by the New Zealand cooperative.
Over 10,100 cartons of Abbott milk recalled
In another development, the Vietnamese representative office of Abbott, and 3A Nutrition Co Ltd, the authorized importer and distributor of Abbott in the country, said Monday that they have recalled most of the Similac GainPlus Eye - Q 3 products from the market.
Similac Gain Plus Eye-Q is a baby formula for babies from 1 to 3, sold in the 400g and 900g cans. The move was also made under order by the VFA.
The 3A Co said they imported 12,927 cartons of the Similac GainPlus Eye – Q 3, and has recalled 10,135 cartons.
The Abbott representative said the recall campaign is still going on, and customers are advised to check if they have bought the allegedly infected products by checking the Lot Number information beneath the milk cans.
Many supermarkets meanwhile have pulled the products off shelves.
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