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Nestle acknowledges delay before baby milk recall

Swiss food giant Nestle has acknowledged that it waited days for a healthrisk analysis before alerting authorities after detecting a toxin in its baby milk at a Dutch factory. But in an open letter to campaign group Foodwatch France F

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Published 31 January 2026, 8:00 · Updated 18:11

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Nestle acknowledges delay before baby milk recall

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Swiss food giant Nestle has acknowledged that it waited days for a healthrisk analysis before alerting authorities after detecting a toxin in its baby milk at a Dutch factory.

But in an open letter to campaign group Foodwatch France Friday it denied accusations of negligence.

The company in December recalled batches of its infant formula in 16 European countries after detecting cereulide, a bacterial toxin that can cause diarrhoea and vomiting.

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