A growing scandal around baby food production, including for SMA infant formula and Aptamil, has led to questions about how health authorities monitor the sprawling global food supply chain. This is after the toxin was identified in arachidonic acid (ARA) oil made in China by a single supplier who works with many baby formula manufacturers. It produces baby formula there, but the toxin was found in ARA oil, an ingredient for the baby food sourced from a Chinese supplier. The first Irish alert flashed out on January 5 after the FSAI was alerted that several affected SMA infant formula batches were sold here. SMA baby milk, which was subject to an alert from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland last month.

Source: Irish Examiner February 02, 2026 01:00 UTC