The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has advised consumers who have purchased Dumex Dulac infant formula products not to feed them to their children due to the presence of cereulide toxin.
SFA has detected cereulide toxin in two additional infant formula products, a statement from SFA released on Saturday (Jan. 31) said.
“As a precautionary measure, SFA has issued a direction to recall the implicated products,” the statement stated.
One of the implicated baby formula products is Dumex Dulac Stage 1, weighing 800g with batch number: 101575737.
The other implicated product is Dumex Dulac Stage 2, weighing 800g with batch number: 101570779.
Both of the implicated products are from Thailand with the same expiry date of Sep, 5, 2027.
SFA has also advised “those whose children have consumed these products and are unwell should seek medical advice promptly,” adding that “consumers may contact their point of purchase for product enquiries.”
“These products may have used the same raw ingredient supplied by the same source used in the earlier batches of implicated infant formula products,” the statement added.
It also said that SFA has completed the testing of all infant formula products being sold at major retail outlets in Singapore and the implicated products were the last two batches to be recalled.
SFA conducted testing after five infant formula products were found with presence of cereulide toxin, prompting the halt of sales of the products.
Two baby formulas, Nestle NAN HA1 SupremePro (800g) from Switzerland and Dumex Dulac 1 (800g) from Thailand, were recalled on Jan. 17 due to the presence of cereulide toxin.
The statement said, “The nine implicated batches of imported infant formula products make up about 5% of our imported supply of infant formula products.”
There were three cases who had consumed the affected products and developed mild symptoms likely associated with cereulide exposure but have since recovered as of Jan. 29.
There are no definitive clinical laboratory tests available to confirm cereulide poisoning.
The Communicable Diseases Agency and SFA are working closely with medical practitioners to monitor for potential cases of cereulide poisoning in children.
