(LEAD) Gov’t finds harmful bacteria in French baby formula

The package imported late last month will likely be destroyed, and the Korea Food and Drug Administration has been notified to check sales of products made by Vitagermine that cleared inspections in the past.

“This measure is needed since some shipments were cleared with inspectors only checking paper, but not contents,” a quarantine inspector said. He added if E. sakazaki is found, the formula may be pulled off store shelves.

From December 2007, the company exported to South Korea a total of eight shipments containing 1,492 kilograms of canned baby formula. Six of those, totaling 1,222 kilograms, actually reached the market.

The quarantine service under the farm ministry also said it is carefully checking another 135 kilogram package that arrived last week for similar contamination.

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