Macron Calls in Retailers in Widening Tainted Milk Scandal
- 35 infants infected by salmonella traced to Lactalis product
- Carrefour, E. Leclerc say some products slipped past recall
Inspectors check baby milk products in a pharmacy in Orleans, France, on Jan. 11.
Photographer: Guillaume Souvant/AFP/Getty Images
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President Emmanuel Macron said he ordered ministers to meet with retailers including Carrefour SA and Casino Guichard Perrachon SA to discuss the failure to withdraw dairy company Lactalis SA’s salmonella-infected baby food products from store shelves.
"If penalties are needed, they will be imposed," Macron said at a press conference in Rome, where he attended a Franco-Italian summit, without offering more specifics.