Danone confirmed that it had removed one of its Dumex Dulac products at the request of Singapore’s food safety regulator, prompting the stock to plunge the most in more than three decades. The Singapore Food Agency also instructed local manufacturer SMC Nutrition to stop exporting some products that used the same ingredient.
(Jan 21): A tainted infant formula crisis that started with Nestlé SA is deepening globally with French manufacturers Danone SA and Groupe Lactalis pulling products potentially contaminated with a toxin.
Lactalis has recalled six batches of Picot brand infant formula in France, Agence France-Presse reported, an issue related to an international supplier that affects 18 countries including Spain. A Danone formula product was also pulled from shelves in Singapore.
