当地时间4月19日,欧洲知名婴幼儿食品生产商喜宝(HiPP)公司表示,在捷克和斯洛伐克发现了疑似被鼠药污染的该品牌婴幼儿罐装食品。公司声明称“在调查过程中确认,这些食品明显被人为动过手脚”。
Baby food brand HiPP is recalling some of its baby food jars after samples in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic tested positive for rat poison, officials said Sunday.
"This recall is not due to any product or quality defect on our part. The jars left our HiPP facility in perfect condition," HiPP said in a statement. "The recall is related to a criminal act currently under investigation by the authorities."
recall /rɪˈkɔːl/ 召回
喜宝公司表示,出于预防措施,两国的零售商已将所有该品牌婴幼儿罐装食品从货架上撤下。
HiPP said it is recalling all of its baby food jars sold at SPAR supermarkets — which include SPAR, EUROSPAR, INTERSPAR and Maximarkt stores — in Austria as a precaution. Vendors in Slovakia and the Czech Republic have removed all of the brand's baby jars from sale.
捷克卫生监督系统在社交平台上表示:“卫生部门正与其他机构密切合作,持续监测事态发展。请公众保持高度警惕。”如果有人怀疑自己购买了被污染的食品,应联系当地的卫生监督机构。
此前,奥地利卫生与食品安全局通报称,身份未明的不法人员向喜宝公司发送勒索邮件,声称已向其部分产品投放鼠药。经调查,在奥地利布尔根兰州首府艾森施塔特的一家SPAR超市发现数罐胡萝卜土豆泥食品“疑似被鼠药污染”,其容器被贴上白色贴纸、标上一个红圈。
喜宝公司已于17日晚宣布召回在奥地利境内所有SPAR超市投放的同一系列产品,并在声明中警告消费者“食用这类罐装食品可能带来生命危险”。总部位于荷兰的国际零售集团SPAR公司则表示,作为预防措施,已下架其在奥地利境内超市的所有喜宝品牌产品。
HiPP recalled its entire range of jarred purées sold in Spar supermarkets in Austria, saying consuming them may be potentially "life-threatening".
奥地利警方称,已召回的产品中未发现任何被投毒迹象,但召回前可能已有同系列产品被售出。警方敦促公众暂时不要食用已购买的喜宝婴儿食品,如发现可疑迹象应立即报警。奥地利警方表示,消费者可以通过以下特征识别问题产品:底部贴有白色标签并带红色圆圈、瓶盖已被打开或损坏、缺少安全封口,或有异常气味。
Burgenland Police in Austria said the suspicious products likely have a white sticker with a red circle on the bottom of the jar. Other warning signs include a damaged or opened lid and an unusual or spoiled smell.
奥地利卫生与食品安全局提醒,鼠药中的有效成分会破坏血凝,家长若发现孩子食用喜宝产品后出现牙龈出血、流鼻血、不明淤青或便血等症状,应立即就医。
Rat poison typically includes bromadiolone, an anticoagulant that prevents the blood from clotting, according to the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety. Ingesting rat poison could lead to bleeding like bleeding gums and nosebleeds, as well as bruising and blood in the stool.
喜宝公司表示,此次事件仅涉及部分分销渠道,其他未被纳入调查的欧洲国家未受影响。
喜宝公司120多年前创立于德国,向全球销售有机婴幼儿食品。
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