Alarm raised: Police find rat poison inside a jar of baby food

Police in Austria announced that rat poison was found inside a jar of HiPP baby food, following a recall of the product from 1,500 supermarkets across the country due to safety concerns.

Police in Burgenland, Austria, said in a statement that a sample from one of the 190-gram jars of “Carrots and Potatoes” baby food, reported by a customer in the Eisenstadt-Umgebung district, tested positive for rat poison.

HiPP stated on Saturday that it could not rule out the possibility that a dangerous substance had been introduced into the product and that its vegetable jars and carrot-and-potato baby food may have been tampered with.

Consuming the contents of the jars could be life-threatening, HiPP warned.

The Austrian police statement said the affected jars had a sticker with a red circle at the bottom and a lid that had already been opened, was damaged, missing a safety seal, or had an unusual smell.

They added that initial laboratory tests on similar jars seized by police in the Czech Republic and Slovakia showed the presence of a toxic substance. No further details were provided.

HiPP told Reuters in a statement on Sunday that the jars contained rat poison and, as a precaution, affected retail partners in both countries immediately removed all HiPP baby food jars from sale.

Police also said Austrian authorities were alerted to the danger following investigations in Germany, without providing further details.

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