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The Food Safety Authority under Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has issued an urgent warning following an Austrian recall of a HiPP baby food product over concerns it may contain rat poison.
On the evening of April 19, the Food Safety Authority issued an urgent alert after Austrian authorities announced a recall of the product. The Ministry of Health requested that local authorities promptly review the product, stop its use, and recall it if it is circulating in Vietnam.
The Food Safety Authority sent official documents to the Department of Health of provinces and centrally governed cities, including the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety, as well as sub-departments of food safety in centrally governed provinces and cities.
According to the Food Safety Authority, on April 19 the Austrian Food Safety Authority and Health Authority informed that HiPP—a German-Swiss infant foods producer—and the SPAR supermarket chain recalled the full batch of HiPP Vegetable Carrot with Potato (190-gram jars) at 1,500 stores nationwide in Austria. The recall was triggered by concerns that the product may contain rat poison.
To safeguard consumer health, the Food Safety Authority urged relevant departments and sub-departments to:
Related units were also instructed to inform consumers not to use any of the recalled HiPP jarred baby food lots and to report the handling results to the Food Safety Authority by April 27, 2026.
Later on April 19, the Food Safety Authority said it sent a letter to the Department of Electronic Commerce and Digital Economy (Ministry of Industry and Trade) regarding management of food trade on e-commerce platforms.
Accordingly, the Food Safety Authority requested that e-commerce platforms and vendor websites coordinate with sellers and distributors to halt sales of recalled lots circulating in Vietnam, remove information about substandard products, and take actions in accordance with applicable laws (if any).
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