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Foodwatch Files Complaint in Paris Court Over Baby-Milk Recalls
Infant milk formula and an infant feeding bottle arranged in Quimper, France on Jan. 29. The infant formula recall enters a new legal phase with a complaint filed at the Paris Judicial Court by consumer group Foodwatch.
Photographer: Fred Tanneau/AFP/Getty ImagesConsumer group Foodwatch filed a complaint at the Paris Judicial Court on Thursday over an infant-formula recall, part of a crisis that’s engulfed food giants including Nestlé SA, Danone SA and Groupe Lactalis.
Eight families of sick babies have filed complaints alongside Foodwatch, with additional parents in the process of joining the legal action, according to a statement from the consumer-advocacy organization.