Baby milk contaminated: Large distribution splashed

Baby milk contaminated: Large distribution splashed

« Lactalis failed »

Thierry Cotillard, president of the Intermarché cooperative, joined Wednesday evening, is furious.After the accumulation of blunders in reminders of Lactalis infant milks, he decides to stop the sale of one of the manufacturer's incriminated brands, Milumel.An internal investigation has been opened.

From the moment the manufacturer cannot ensure the good quality of its products, we cannot market it.We do not play with the health of our customers and their children.Our decision is final and constitutes a first in our profession.Jurisprudence is created in the face of an unacceptable school case.

Lactalis failed.We manage an average of 300 product reminders per year, we have robust procedures to deal with it.Gold Lactalis took it three times between December 2 and 21 to withdraw all its products.We want Lactalis for having minimized the situation, we could have removed everything at once.A health incident can happen, but it is unbearable to have to undergo the amateurism of a brand.In addition, the Manufacturer Methe to reimburse the products that consumers report by multiplying procedures...

Lait pour bébé contaminé : la grande distribution éclaboussée

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Why do you decide to stop the marketing of Milumel milks?

On the contrary, we reacted from the first call on Wednesday of one of our consumers.In total, we have two cases, one in Marles-les-Mines (Pas-de-Calais), the other in Beauvais Nord (Oise).From these two known reports, we took this radical and relaunched measure for checks a reminder from our 1,800 points of sale.