Contaminated infant milk: Lactalis demands over a billion euros from the Eurofins laboratory

The case, which dates back to 2017, has given many parents nightmares. Several dozen children, 37 in total, were victims salmonellosisand suffers fromfood poisoning linked to the consumption of powdered milk produced by the Lactalis factory in Craon, Mayenne.

Second The informedLactalis is now claiming in court more than one billion euros to the Eurofins laboratory which, according to the company, had not detected the presence of salmonella in the product, and had not carried out its analyzes correctly.

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According to the specialized site, Lactalis filed a summons with the Paris commercial court at the end of March. This procedure addresses two branches of the laboratory Eurofinincluding one based north of Nantes, which is the most the largest French laboratory of the microbiological testing group, which analyzes several hundred thousand samples each year and carries out method development and research and development projects. They also turn to their insurers, XL Insurance and HDI Global.

In the assignment to which The informed had access, Lactalis believes that the two branches of Eurofins are “responsible for the damage suffered (by Lactalis) resulting from the latter’s failure to detect the contamination of the products with salmonella agona”.

In a separate proceeding, Lactalis was indicted in February, specifically for aggravated deception and involuntary wounding. Five years after the scandal, health measures were still not applied.

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