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French inspectors missed salmonella at baby milk plant: report

By AFP
January 04, 2018

PARIS: French food safety inspectors failed to detect salmonella contamination at a plant belonging to dairy giant Lactalis, three months before the company carried out a major recall of baby milk, a report said Wednesday. Lactalis, one of the world´s largest producers of dairy products, discovered the bacteria at its factory in Craon, northwest France, during tests in August and November. It did not however report the find to the authorities. Officials from the food safety department carried out a routine inspection of the site in September and gave it a clean bill of health, the Canard Enchaine investigative weekly reported.