Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/01/19
By: Chen Wei-ting and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, Jan. 19 (CNA) Stores across Taiwan have removed all milk products from

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French dairy giant Lactalis after a worldwide recall by the company Jan. 14 on concerns of salmonella contamination, Taiwan’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Friday.

Immediately after Taiwan received the recall notice on Jan. 15, the FDA said, it issued an order for all milk formula from Lactalis’ factory in Craon to be removed from store shelves across the country, regardless of the date of manufacture, and the process was completed by the next day.

Lactalis has recalled some 12 million boxes of milk formula in more than 80 countries, citing fears of salmonella contamination after a reported outbreak of the bacteria at its Celia-Laiterie de Craon factory last year.    [FULL  STORY]