US EditionChildren's Milk Scandal: New Complaints and Questions on Analysis Capabilities in France
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After the death of three infants who had subsequently consumed infant milk, three criminal complaints were lodged, including one with the Bordeaux Public Prosecutor's Office.
With these legal actions announced this Friday, the structure urges "the opening of in-depth investigations to establish the responsibilities of all the actors involved – industrialists, suppliers, distributors and authorities".
French scientists have been alerting for years about the need to create a national reference laboratory dedicated to cereulide toxin, and capable of responding quickly in the event of a health crisis.
The crisis of recalled infant milk is taking on a new dimension: on Wednesday 11 February 2026, the French health authorities announced a third death of a baby who had consumed a product targeted by the current withdrawals. The case, revealed in particular by Doctissimo and Le Monde, is now mobilising the judicial and health authorities at national and European level. Since mid-December, dozens of consignments of infant milk have been withdrawn …
New complaints were lodged in France on Friday in the context of the vast recalls of infant milk, the French capacity for analysis of cereulide toxin being also questioned after computerization.
It is a Belgian laboratory that will analyze the batches of milk suspected of having caused serious poisoning of children. France does not have these capabilities, reveals this Friday the investigation cell of Radio France and this, more than two months after the first reminders.
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