Urban Urban – MINSAL Declares Food Alert for the Presence of Mold in Premature NAN Formula

The Ministry of Health reports that after an investigation, it was determined that 10,092 units of the product Nan Prematuros (also known as PreNan, Nestlé) detected the presence of mold outside the limits tolerable for which Food Alert is enacted National

The Ministry of Health's supplementary feeding program (PNAC) considers an Extreme Preterm subprogram. One of the products delivered is the PreNan milk formula. The products are distributed through primary health care (PHC) facilities throughout the country.

The affected products, which belong to lot L80190346AH, were distributed between May (9,864) and June (228) of the current year. The Ministry of Health collects information on units marketed through other channels such as pharmacies, supermarkets, hospitals and clinics, among others.

Under Secretary of Health Paula Daza explained to our children. In particularly vulnerable populations, such as premature infants, some fungi outside established ranges may cause health problems. "

The Ministry of Health states that this Food Alert is a precautionary measure, because until now there are no badociated clinical cases and the badyzed samples were sent to the Ministry of Health. Public Health Institute (PSI) for the determination of the species of mold found.

At first, the complete blockage of the lot was determined.The whole country has already was instructed by the SEREMIS Food Program Managers to recover the affected lots held by the beneficiaries, reconstituted with released batches.

The Ministry of Health is in coordination with all establishments that have received these batches, in order to block these products to prevent them from reaching users.

Minsal has made contact with Nestle, which has already started product traceability and determination of milestones to be followed for the safety of the population

Therefore, an appeal is made to the population who has in their possession product which is part of the batches concerned, to immediately stop consuming them. If they are beneficiaries of the PNAC program, they must contact the corresponding CESFAM to deliver the product belonging to the aforementioned lot and receive an unaffected unit.