Overview
- Health alerts now cover at least 37 countries across Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia, affecting selected lots of brands including NAN, Alfamino, BEBA, and SMA.
- Mexico’s Cofepris on January 7 announced a market withdrawal of four lots of NAN Alfamino and Alfamino 400 g, urging consumers to stop use and arrange returns.
- Argentina’s ANMAT and Mendoza authorities are coordinating the removal of specified NAN Optipro 1 and imported Alfamino lots, and report no intoxication cases in the province so far.
- The recalls follow detection of a quality failure in a supplier ingredient tied to potential cereulide contamination, and Nestlé has posted affected lot numbers and is managing callbacks.
- Food agencies warn cereulide is heat-stable and can cause rapid-onset vomiting, and Mexican retailers are already showing shifts in availability and pricing for the listed formulas.