More than five years after the case of infant milk infected with salmonella, which had contaminated 37 infants, the legal vice is tightening on Lactalis.
According to our information, the dairy giant, whose Celia factory in Craon (Mayenne) had been identified as the source of one of the biggest health scandals of the last decade, is about to be indicted.
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More specifically, two of the companies in the group that owns the Milumel and Picot brands have just been summoned on February 16 by the investigating judge of the Paris court.
This in view of a possible indictment, for
“non-execution of withdrawal measures and recalls”
, as well as
“aggravated deception”
and
“involuntary injuries”
.
Non-cumulative reasons for which the giant with 22 billion euros in turnover incurs a penalty of 3.75 million euros (for non-withdrawal-recall).
At the end of 2017, an abnormally high number of contaminations of babies with salmonella alerted the French Public Health services.
The Lactalis plant in Craon was quickly identified as the source, leading to a first withdrawal-recall of twelve batches of infant milk on December 2, then to the shutdown of the site on December 8 for cleaning.
A few days later, judging these measures insufficient, Bercy had launched a more massive withdrawal of 620 lots.
Until Lactalis ends up recalling all its milks produced in Craon over the previous year.
The next day, a preliminary investigation is opened against the group and five sites of the dairy giant are raided in stride.
Since October 2018 and the opening by the Paris prosecutor's office of a judicial investigation against X, the investigation,
