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Celia baby milk products have been recalled in the UAE Image Credit: giadinhmoi.vn

Dubai: The French producer of a child nutrition line called Lactalis, are working on recalling baby milk and formula products that have been linked to 26 cases of infection from Salmonella Agona.

All the infection occurrences took place in France, none in the UAE.

None of the cases have resulted in fatalities.

The popular child nutrition product line Celia, have confirmed that they are working with UAE authorities to remove only batches with suspicion of contamination from the shelves.

These include: Picot SL, Pepti Junior 1, Milumel Bio 1 and Picot Riz ti name a few.

A spokesperson has said that approximately 7,000 tonnes of product could have been contaminated. 

Lactalis has been compliant with the local rules and protect the health of UAE's residents.

As an extra precaution they are removing 9 batches of CELIA produced since the 15th of February 2017.

Here is a list of the recalled batches:

PRODUCTS                                   BATCH NUMBER               EXPIRY DATE

CELIA AD BI 400G                             17C0012750                        09/11/2018

CELIA AR BI 400GX12 GCC              17C0012820                        22/11/2018

CELIA DIGEST BI 400G GCC            17C0012807                        17/11/2018

CELIA EXP 2 BI400GX12 GCC          17C0012689                        02/05/2019

CELIA EXP 2 900GX6 GCC                17C0012692                        26/04/2019

CELIA HA   400G X 12                        17C0012819                        22/11/2018

CELIA LF BI 400G X12                       17C0012904                        01/12/2018

CELIA PRE BI 400G X12                    17C0013092                        11/01/2019

CELIA AL/NUT BI 400G GCC             17C0013287                        22/01/2019

For any other information or concerns contact Lactalis at info@celia-gulf.com