SINGAPORE: The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) on Thursday (Jan 8) put a stop to the sale of five batches of Nestle NAN infant formula and follow-on formula as a precautionary measure due to the potential presence of cereulide toxin.
The measure will remain in place while investigations are carried out, SFA and the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) jointly said. This follows a notification over the past two days issued by the European Commission Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed and the International Food Safety Authorities Network on the infant formula recall.
SFA and CDA said that there have been no confirmed cases of illness related to the consumption of the affected Nestle infant formula in Singapore so far, and that investigations are ongoing.
The five affected made-in-Switzerland batches are:
- NAN HA 3 SupremePro, batch 53030017C1
- NAN HA 2 SupremePro, batch 51420017C4
- NAN HA 1 SupremePro, batch 51460017C2
- NAN HA 1 SupremePro, batch 51470017C1
- NAN HA 3 SupremePro, batch 53030017B1
Cereulide is a toxin that can cause symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and diarrhoea. These symptoms typically appear between 30 minutes to six hours from consumption of affected food, and will typically go away within 24 hours.
However, vulnerable groups such as infants are at higher risk for complications, said SFA.
