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Baby food manufacturer allegedly blackmailedRat poison in Hipp jars – how dangerous is it for our children to consume?
It's every parent's nightmare.
A family from Burgenland in Austria bought a Hipp jar of the carrot variety with potatoes and became suspicious. When I opened it, the usual vacuum pop was missing and the contents also smelled spoiled. The baby food subsequently tested positive for rat poison – but how dangerous is it for children to consume? Dr. Christoph Specht explains in the video.
Rat poison added to baby food: These symptoms may occur
The Hipp company recalled all products from Spar supermarkets in Austria late on Friday. She warned: “Eating such a glass can be life-threatening.” In the afternoon, a customer delivered a suspicious jar that had not yet been used. It appeared in the town of Schützen am Gebirge (Eisenstadt-Environment district). An analysis revealed rat poison. “The report that will now be issued will only finally clarify to what extent, to what extent or what effect this would have had,” said the Austrian police in response to an RTL query.
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Medical doctor Dr. Christoph Specht explains that the symptoms would not appear immediately after consumption: “That takes time. And these symptoms could then be increased bleeding in the gum area or blood in the gastrointestinal tract or even in the urine.” The expert also reveals how manipulated glasses can be recognized in the video above.
Baby food manufacturer Hipp may have been blackmailed
In Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the baby food manufacturer Hipp may be the victim of a blackmailer. Germany is currently not affected, but investigations are also underway here. The Austrian police in particular are intensively searching for a second 190 gram jar of “carrots with potatoes” contaminated with rat poison, which, like a jar discovered on Saturday, is said to have been circulated in Burgenland, southeast of Vienna.
The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (Ages) spoke on Saturday of a suspected blackmail attempt. She later deleted this reference from her press release. The Ingolstadt police headquarters did not confirm blackmail. According to a report by the Austrian press The blackmailers are said to be demanding two million euros.
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Hipp spokesman Clemens Preysing confirmed to the German Press Agency that, in addition to Austria, manipulated jars contaminated with rat poison had also appeared in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. As a precautionary measure, the trading partners in the Czech Republic and Slovakia have removed all Hipp glasses from sale. He spoke of “an external criminal intervention” and emphasized that the incident had no connection to product quality or manufacturing.
Sources used: RTL, dpa, diepresse.com
