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Salmonella spp. in food supplement from Germany — Germany

An alert notification reported Salmonella spp. in a food supplement from Germany and classified the risk as potentially serious. Distribution to other member countries was indicated.

Infants and babies were fed a mixture called pap made from bread or flour diluted with water to supplement breast milk. Panada was another mixture commonly used made from bread broth, legumes with fats or eggs. The mixture was placed in the glass bottle and sucked through the silver mouthpiece. maker: Unknown maker Place made: Germany Wellcome Images Keywords: feeding bottle
Illustrative image: Infants and babies were fed a mixture called pap made from bread or flour diluted with water to supplement breast milk. Panada was another mixture commonly used made from bread broth, legumes with fats or eggs. The mixture was placed in the glass bottle and sucked through the silver mouthpiece. maker: Unknown maker Place made: Germany Wellcome Images Keywords: feeding bottle — https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/cb/8a/36a3de8e520da7c90ebe0943d6a3.jpg Gallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0058176.html Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-30): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ju9d6fub CC-BY-4.0/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

Why it matters

The notification indicates the affected product may have been distributed beyond Germany.

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Categories: public-health

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Confidence
5/10
Geographic reach
6/10
Global importance
4/10
Impact magnitude
3/10
Positivity
2/10
Urgency
4/10

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