Food safety authorities in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have announced an urgent precautionary recall of select baby formula products manufactured by Nutricia-Danone under the Aptamil and Bebelac brands. The action follows a voluntary notification from the company regarding potential contamination with cereulide, a toxin produced by Bacillus cereus bacteria. According to the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA), exposure to cereulide may result in symptoms appearing within 30 minutes to six hours after consumption. These symptoms include nausea, repeated vomiting, and abdominal pain. While the illness is typically short-term and resolves within 24 hours, infants are considered a highly vulnerable […]

The Saudi Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing and the Saudi Food and Drug Authority has initiated a nationwide recall for BON TUM mayonnaise following recent food poisoning incidents. The contamination, identified as the bacterium “Clostridium botulinum,” was initially discovered in mayonnaise used at Hamburgini restaurant in Riyadh. Subsequently, the same contaminant was found in products of the BON TUM brand at a manufacturing facility. In response, the ministry has taken decisive actions, halting the distribution of the implicated mayonnaise and ordering its recall from all markets and food establishments across the Kingdom. Production at the manufacturing facility […]