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What Triggered the Infant‑formula Investigations?
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The hospitalized babies in Spain were on average four months and were already high. Cereal toxin was identified in baby formula lots in several European countries.
The health authorities have informed the ECDC of the detection in Spain of 41 cases in infants with gastrointestinal symptoms after consuming infant formulas removed due to possible contamination with Bacillus cereus cereus cerelide toxin, registered in ten autonomous communities; the majority presented vomiting and diarrhoea and 13 required hospitalization, although they all evolved favorably.
Thirteen Babies Have Been Hospitalized Since December for Poisoning From Cereulide-Contaminated Milk
The Ministry of Health has already reported to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 41 cases with gastrointestinal symptoms associated with the consumption of infant formulae included in the withdrawal due to possible contamination with cereulide, based on the six alerts issued between December 12 and February 17. As reported in a press release by Minister Mónica García, of these 41 cases thirteen required hospitalizatio…
Spain has recorded 41 cases of babies with gastrointestinal symptoms associated with the consumption of withdrawn infant milk.
A total of 41 nursing babies have had gastrointestinal symptoms in Spain after consuming formula milk included in the preventive withdrawal activated in December...
The authorities have still not confirmed the "character of accountability" between the cereulide toxin found in powdered milk and the death of three infants: the lack of research capacity in France and the particular profile of young victims.
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