Another major recall of #Danone baby food:
#ARAoil #Cereulide #Babyfood
1/1 The focus is on the cereulide toxin. It is associated with Bacillus cereus – a spore-forming bacterium that can contaminate food and, when it grows, can cause certain strains to produce the toxin.
1/18 As we saw during the global recall in January 2026, it is precisely
➡️ this trust that is the biggest weakness.
Why testing often fails
➡️ Time pressure: #ARAoil is expensive.
Long downtimes in port for laboratory tests cost thousands of pounds.
1/6 Arachidonic acid-rich oil ( #ARAoil) is obtained through the ➡️ fermentation of the fungus Mortierella alpina.
This opens up many possibilities for contamination via ubiquitous dust, which may contain Bacillus cereus.
➡️ The requirements of Bacillus cereus for optimal reproduction and
1/5 Cabio Biotech is considered one of the
➡️ world's leading suppliers of #ARAoil.
The company supplies large international corporations such as #Nestlé, #Danone and #Lactalis, which use the oil in their global supply chains for #babyfood.
1/3 filtration system, which is said to have allowed the bacteria to enter the finished #ARAoil unnoticed.
➡️ This is a highly simplified statement.
#Cereulides are heat-stable emetic toxins produced by the spore-forming Bacillus cereus.
[ pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... ]
1/2 Cabio Biotech, the Chinese
company in #Wuhan, a major supplier of arachidonic acid ( = #ARA) used in infant formula (as #ARAoil) is working closely with the Chinese authorities, according to press releases.
The presence of the bacterial toxin #Cereulide ALLEGEDLY indicates a defect in a
#Babyfood, #Infantmilk, #ARAoil #Cereulide (s) or
1/1 the silence of #anti-vaxxers in France, USA, Germany, etc., who are quick to jump on any #virus or #bacterium when it serves their PURPOSES ➡️ which have little to do with #SCIENCE, because then they would have to work really hard)
