Centre for Food Safety (CFS)

Growing up formula powder

Product name: Aronurish Growing Up Formula Powder

Brand: Aronurish

Place of origin: Inner Mongolia

Pack size: 750 grams

Manufacture date: April 23, 2025

Best-before date: April 22, 2027

Importer: Hong Kong Golden Nutrition Trading Co., Limited

Batch Number: 7P7ID2338

• The CFS collects powdered infant and young children formula under its Food Surveillance Programme. The test results revealed that a sample collected from a retail outlet possibly contained the heat-stable toxin Cereulide produced by Bacillus cereus.
• A preliminary investigation by the CFS has found that the above mentioned importer had imported 220 boxes of 1 320 cans of the affected product.
• Bacillus cereus is commonly found in the environment. Unhygienic conditions in food processing and storage may give rise to its growth. Cereulide is a heat-stable toxin produced in food by some strains of Bacillus cereus. Consuming food contaminated with excessive Bacillus cereus or its heat-stable toxins may cause gastrointestinal upset such as vomiting and diarrhoea. In most cases, these symptoms usually subside spontaneously within 24 hours.

• For the sake of prudence, and as a precautionary measure, the CFS has instructed the retailer and importer concerned to stop sales and remove from shelves the affected batch of the product concerned. The retailer and importer have also initiated a precautionary recall.
• The CFS has been jointly following up with the retailer and the importer concerned and had already marked and sealed about 488 cans of the suspected affected batch of product.
• The CFS has alerted the trade and relevant department over the incident, and will continue to follow up and take appropriate action. The CFS will continue to enhance the surveillance on powered formula.

• Stop using or selling the affected batch of the product immediately.

• Not to let infants and young children consume the affected batch of the product, and to seek medical treatment for infants or young children who felt unwell after taking the product concerned.

The CFS press release

Members of the public may call the retailer's hotline at 2299 3398/ email：cs@mannings.com.hk/ WhatsApp：5423 2088 during office hours for enquiries about the recall.