Worms in infant milk: Danone recalls the boxes concerned
This situation is very surprising to us because it is something exceptional. We really want to understand how these larvae got to the product," he added, asking affected families to contact the company via a telephone number, 0800-202-202 or the laboratoire-gallia.fr website.
Puy-de-Dôme, Landes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Var and Bouches-du-Rhône
So far, two cases have been brought to the attention of the company, those of families living in Puy-de-Dôme and the Landes. They provided Danone with the number of the batch of the boxes involved, both produced in Wexford, Ireland, according to the group.
In addition to these two families, "there are three cases that have been known and discovered through the press," adds Florent Lalanne. The daily Ouest France reported on 26 February that in Ille-et-Vilaine, a couple filed a complaint against Gallia because their three-month-old child had regurgitated a parasitic worm several centimetres long. "A complaint has indeed been lodged at the Saint-Malo police station," the Saint-Malo prosecutor's office confirmed on 28 February, which will have to decide whether or not to follow up on the complaint. "Investigations are ongoing, there will be no further communication at this time. It's taken care of to do what is necessary."
Then, on 27 February, RTL radio reported on the testimony of a mother residing in the Var and cited the case of another family based in Bouches-du-Rhône.
Contamination "outside the production site"?
"In the production chain, all milk powder is never in contact with air and is conditioned in a protective atmosphere where the percentage of oxygen, in the order of 2%, is very low, making it impossible for a living organism to survive. in our milks," observed Florent Lalanne.
He raised the possibility that the contamination took place "outside the production site, in transport, storage, distribution channel". "Our wish is to understand what might explain this presence of larvae," he insisted.
Puy-de-Dôme, Landes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Var and Bouches-du-Rhône
So far, two cases have been brought to the attention of the company, those of families living in Puy-de-Dôme and the Landes. They provided Danone with the number of the batch of the boxes involved, both produced in Wexford, Ireland, according to the group.
In addition to these two families, "there are three cases that have been known and discovered through the press," adds Florent Lalanne. The daily Ouest France reported on 26 February that in Ille-et-Vilaine, a couple filed a complaint against Gallia because their three-month-old child had regurgitated a parasitic worm several centimetres long. "A complaint has indeed been lodged at the Saint-Malo police station," the Saint-Malo prosecutor's office confirmed on 28 February, which will have to decide whether or not to follow up on the complaint. "Investigations are ongoing, there will be no further communication at this time. It's taken care of to do what is necessary."
Then, on 27 February, RTL radio reported on the testimony of a mother residing in the Var and cited the case of another family based in Bouches-du-Rhône.
Contamination "outside the production site"?
"In the production chain, all milk powder is never in contact with air and is conditioned in a protective atmosphere where the percentage of oxygen, in the order of 2%, is very low, making it impossible for a living organism to survive. in our milks," observed Florent Lalanne.
He raised the possibility that the contamination took place "outside the production site, in transport, storage, distribution channel". "Our wish is to understand what might explain this presence of larvae," he insisted.