The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) urged the public in a statement yesterday not to feed babies a made-in-Canada baby food named “Oat Banana & Mango Baby Cereal”, which may be contaminated with Cronobacter.
The statement did not say whether the products of the problematic batch are being sold in Macau.
According to the statement, the bureau was informed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency about the problematic foodstuff – a 227-gram baby food product with the batch number 2025 MA 30 3334007809 and product code of 0 65000 13361 5, under the brand of “Gerber®”.
The statement did not reveal the best-before date of the product.
According to the statement, Cronobacter is a gram-negative, anaerobic, parthenogenetic bacterium that is resistant to dryness but not to high temperatures. The susceptible group of Cronobacter comprises immunocompromised people, especially infants and children, and it may cause serious diseases such as infant meningitis and bacteraemia.
The bureau immediately issued an alert to the local food trade and dispatched officials to inspect the market, and urged consumers to stop using the product immediately if they are in possession of it, adding that shops should also immediately cease supplying or selling the product if they have it on their shelves.
Anyone who has food-related enquiries may call the IAM’s Food Safety Hotline on 2833 8181.
This undated file photo provided by the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) yesterday shows the problematic baby food product called “Oat Banana & Mango Baby Cereal” by Canadian brand “Gerber®”.
