Nestle withdraws baby milk

Published November 23, 2005

ZURICH, Nov 22: Swiss-based food giant Nestle has withdrawn a type of baby milk from sale in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal, following fears about chemical contamination, the company said on Tuesday.

Italian authorities confirmed ordering the recall of 30 million litres of the liquid baby milk, ruling the product unfit for human consumption, saying they had already raised concerns last month.

However, Nestle said two million cartons had been withdrawn in Italy and insisted the product contaminated by a chemical from the labelling on the cartons did not pose a health risk.

“The market is not that large, we sell about two million litres,” a spokeswoman said.

There was confusion about when the chemical had been found and the extent of the product withdrawal in different countries, even though the milk was produced by the multinational in the same Spanish factory.—AFP

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