A Laboratoires de Biarritz brand baby washing gel has been recalled due to a bacterium.
Notice to parents: a baby care product from the brand Biarritz Laboratories is being recalled due to the potential presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, also known as pyocyanin bacillus, blue pus bacillus Where pyo. ” This bacterium is likely to cause bacterial infections and poses a health hazard to people with weakened immunity or who have cystic fibrosis “, warns the specialized site Government.consum.reminder. Very resistant, it is difficult to treat and is often responsible for nosocomial infections. It can also cause an eye infection, wounds such as burns or inoculation meningitis. The treatment in question is a surgras cleansing gel for body and hair sold in a 500 ml bottle in pharmacies, parapharmacies and organic stores throughout France, as well as in online stores between December 10, 2021 and March 3, 2022. This is the lot 21K030 (visible under the bottle) – GENCOD 3760211481803. If you have used this product on your baby, it is recommended that you consult a pediatrician and let him know. The brand asks consumers to stop using this product, destroy it or bring it back to the store in order to exchange it or obtain a refund. Customers with questions or complaints can call 0547758105.
Incidents more easily detectable than before
This hygiene product recall follows several recalls of products widely consumed by children, such as Kinder chocolates, pound bars or Buitoni pizzas. Consumers are entitled to wonder about the recurrence of product recalls, but as explained recently to LCI Simon Le Hello, professor at the University of Caen and microbiologist, the incidents are not more numerous today, but are more easily detectable.
” We have a food safety and monitoring system which is extremely important in Francewhich makes anomalies very detectable, and investigations quickly launched, he explained. What is happening today, what is being highlighted, is a fairly effective system for detecting epidemics. Fortunately, because the objective of this system, which must be reactive, is to remove the product as quickly as possible to avoid other cases. “.