Nestlé Competitors Also Face Tainted Baby Formula Pressure

Lactalis has withdrawn six batches of Picot-brand baby formula from the transalpine market after the presence of cereulide was detected in an ingredient from a supplier. This toxin, produced by bacteria, can cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.

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It was cereulide that led to the recall of batches of Nestlé products. In Switzerland, Hochdorf also had to do the same with about 10,000 packages of a goat milk powder from the brand Bimbosan.

On Saturday, the Singapore Food Authority, for its part, ordered the withdrawal from the market of baby formula of the Dumex brand, which was acquired by Danone in 2022. Cereulide was reportedly detected in two other products.

Danone's products may contain raw material from the same source as the Nestlé baby food batches. In December and early January, the sale of certain Nestlé items in Singapore and some 60 other countries had already been suspended.

It was Nestlé's largest preventive recall in the group's history. In addition, authorities in France are investigating whether there is a link to the death of a newborn child.

This content was published on Jan 14, 2026 Nestlé has recalled batches of infant formula in around 60 countries as a precaution, in what is the biggest recall in the company's history.