US EditionRat poison found in HiPP baby food jar in Austria, police say
HiPP said the recall covers its entire line of jars sold through SPAR Austria after testing linked the products to a criminal tampering probe.
- On Saturday, HiPP recalled its entire jarred purée line sold at SPAR Austria after a customer reported discovering rat poison in a 190-gram 'Carrot with Potato' jar in Burgenland.
- Austrian authorities are investigating the contamination as a criminal extortion attempt; similar poisoned jars were also seized in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, expanding the cross-border probe.
- Police advise parents to inspect jars for a white sticker with a red circle on the base, a damaged or opened lid, and the absence of a 'pop' sound when opened.
- SPAR Austria and retailers across the region removed all HiPP baby food from shelves, while customers receive full refunds on returned products even without a receipt.
- HiPP maintains that jars "left our HiPP facility in perfect condition" and attributes contamination to external criminal interference under investigation by authorities in multiple countries.
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The crisis broke out last weekend when samples analyzed in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic tested positive for toxic substances
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