Infant milk formula - precautionary advice updated

The Ministry for Primary Industries has received further information from Fonterra relating to batches of infant formula base powder containing whey protein that may have been contaminated with Clostridium botulinum.

The infant formula base was supplied to Nutricia from Fonterra and it is likely to have been manufactured into infant formulas, some of which may be on sale.
As a result Nutricia has instigated a precautionary recall in New Zealand of the following products:
 
Karicare Infant Formula Stage 1 (0–6 months) in NEW ZEALAND ONLY with batch numbers 3169 and 3170 (use by 17 06 2016 and 18 06 2016). The batch number and use by date can be found on the base of the tin.

Karicare Gold+ Follow On Formula Stage 2 (6–12 months) in NEW ZEALAND ONLY with batch number D3183 (use by 31 12 2014). The batch number and use by date can be found on the base of the tin.

For more information, see http://www.nutriciababy.co.nz/main/aboutus/news.html.

Please note, in view of additional advice from Nutricia this morning, the earlier formal advice from the Director-General of MPI will be updated today.

MPI is working to establish whether any other specific products and batches may contain the whey protein, and the location of any affected batches.

MPI and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade are working with regulatory authorities in the relevant international markets to provide them with new information in relation to this development as soon as possible.

More information will be published on the MPI website www.mpi.govt.co.nz  as soon as it becomes available.

Anyone with any health concerns is urged to contact their local health professional or call Healthline on 0800 611 116 or Plunketline on 0800 933 922 for advice.
Consumer support
 
If you have any health concerns, please call Healthline on 0800 611 116 or Plunketline on 0800 933 922 for advice.

If you have questions about a product, please call MPI’s consumer helpline on 0800 693 721.

Follow MPI on Twitter @MPI_NZ

For noting: The Ministry of Health and the Ministry for Primary Industries support and encourage parents to breastfeed their infants until a year of age, and supplement their diet with appropriate solids from around 6 months of age. Infants under the age of one year who are not breastfed should be fed with an appropriate infant formula, and should not be fed with regular cow’s milk.

ENDS

© Scoop Media

New Court Orders, Screening, Guardianship Changes...: Government Ignoring Poverty, Again

It remains to be seen if announcements today will better protect children, but the National Government is forgoing an opportunity to really help kids by ignoring the elephant in the room, which is poverty, Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei says.

"All the experts have told the Government that very low income is associated with higher rates of child maltreatment and neglect -- something which was totally ignored in the Government's Children's Action Plan and the announcements today," Mrs Turei said. More>>