Police say poison detected in jar of HiPP carrots and potatoes as maker says items may have been tampered with
Rat poison has been found in a jar of HiPP baby food, police in Austria have said, after a recall of the product from more than 1,000 Spar supermarkets in the country over safety fears.
Police in Burgenland said in a statement that a sample from one of the 190g (7oz) jars of carrots and potatoes baby food reported by a customer had tested positive for rat poison.
HiPP had said on Saturday it could not be ruled out that a dangerous substance had been introduced into the product, and that its carrots and potatoes jars may have been tampered with.
Consuming the contents of the jars could be life-threatening, HiPP said.
