Following an incident involving a counterfeit imported health supplement sold via CBEC, major Chinese CBEC platforms Douyin and Tmall Global moved to introduce stricter qualification and verification rules for overseas brands to protect consumers and ensure authentic imported products.
On January 5, 2026, Nestlé announced a global recall of certain infant formula products after detecting the Cereulide toxin in a third-party ARA ingredient, affecting markets in Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific.
On December 10, 2025, the US FDA released an update regarding the ongoing investigation into a multistate outbreak of infant botulism associated with ByHeart Whole Nutrition infant formula.
A new case has surfaced alleging that an imported dietary supplement has caused lead poisoning in a 6-month-old infant. The supplement, sold widely across Chinese e-commerce platforms, is marketed under the brand "Viattamin"—allegedly an Australian company.
The lead poisoning incident at a kindergarten in Gansu has sparked nationwide concern. Official investigation revealed that the kindergarten had illegally added non-edible paint pigments to certain food items, leading to alarmingly high lead concentrations.
Haribo has issued a recall in the Netherlands after three 1-kg packs of Haribo Happy Cola F! ZZ with a best before date of January 2026 were found to contain cannabis.
On January 27, 2025, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners announced a major recall of several beverage products sold across Belgium, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and France due to the detection of elevated levels of chlorate.
South Korea MFDS concluded its investigation into the contamination of sterilized milk with cleaning solution during production at the Gwangju facility of Maeil Dairies, the South Korean dairy giant.
Media investigation revealed a disturbing issue of mixed use of tanker trucks for edible oils and chemical oils. Some trucks don't even clean their tanks between different transport, leading to contamination of edible oils with residual chemicals in tanker truck transport.
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's recall of FFC products containing beni koji ingredient has greatly impacted the current health functional food Industry. Many enterprises have been asked to provide product safety information.
