The Korea Times
VIENNA — Baby food brand HiPP is recalling some of its baby food jars after a sample tested positive for rat poison in Austria, officials said. Authorities believe the tampering occurred in 190-gram (6.7-ounce) jars of baby food made with carrots and potatoes for 5-month-olds that were sold from SPAR supermarkets in Austria. The sample tested positive for the poison on Saturday. HiPP, in a statement, said it is recalling all of its baby food jars sold at SPAR supermarkets — which include SPAR, EUROSPAR, INTERSPAR and Maximarkt stores — in Austria as a precaution. Customers can get full refunds even without a receipt. The tampered jars have a spoiled odor, police said. HiPP said it cannot rule out that the poison was added through external contamination. Other details were not immediately available Sunday. A customer reported that a jar appeared to have been tampered with, police said, though no one had consumed the baby food. Authorities in Germany, Slovakia and the Czech Republic are also investigating.
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