Thursday, February 16, 2012

Health: Baby food warning

A public service message on the Internet is warning about possible contamination of baby food.
The message says:PRODUCT RECALL. Important alert for all parents, Nestle is asking everyone to return all banana baby food expiring 2012; they may contain pieces of glass. Please copy and paste for all moms and babies safety!!!
JYOTI's research on the matter found that the warning is derived from a genuine recall. However in its current form, it is misleading and inaccurate.

Nestle France has voluntarily recalled a specific batch of "P'tit Pot" banana baby food as a precaution due to possible broken glass contamination. However, the problem is confined to one batch and affects a product that is sold only in France.

A second, even more inaccurate, incarnation of the message changes the company name from Nestle to Gerber. Gerber is a US based subsidiary of Nestle, but has no connection whatsoever to this Nestle France recall.

The warning omits important information about where the recall was issued and what batch of products the recall applies to, the warning is potentially misleading.

In late June, 2011, Nestle France issued a voluntary recall of banana flavoured P’tit Pot baby food as a precautionary measure after a mother found a piece of glass in a jar of the product.

However, the potential contamination affects a particular batch of the product that is sold only in France. 


The recalled products have the batch number 10980295 L and the bar code 7 613033089732 with an expiry date of October 2012. No other products in the P’tit Pot range are affected.

To identify the products concerned, please refer to the use-by date and lot number located on the edge of the cover:
Use by date: 10/2012
Lot Number: 10980295 L
These pots are sold in packs of two glass jars of 80g.

As a preventive measure, Nestle has asked you not to use them.

1 comment:

a2zbaby said...

Every parents must pay more attention toward such kind of baby products for make their baby health...

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