EFSA CONTAMINATED BABY MILK SEIZURE ITALY
December 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has expressed concern that isopropylthioxanthone (ITX) packaging ink present in 30 million litres of Nestlé liquid baby milk seized by Italian police may cause a health hazard. The EU agency also wrote to Nestlé criticising it for "misrepresenting" its opinion: the food giant said EFSA had declared the baby milk posed "no immediate health risk".
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THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has expressed concern that isopropylthioxanthone (ITX) packaging ink present in 30 million litres of Nestlé liquid baby milk seized by Italian police may cause a health hazard. The EU agency also wrote to Nestlé criticising it for "misrepresenting" its opinion: the food giant said EFSA had declared the baby milk posed "no immediate health risk".
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