Rat poison found in child meals in Austria | EUROtoday

As of: April 19, 2026 • 1:47 a.m

Rat poison was present in a jar of child meals in Austria. According to the Austrian Health Agency, the background is an try at blackmail towards the Hipp firm. No different circumstances are recognized but.

A jar of Hipp child meals laced with rat poison was present in Austria. A buyer found this and handed it in, the police within the state of Burgenland stated late within the night. However, not one of the contents have been consumed. According to the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (Ages), that is an try at blackmail towards the child meals producer Hipp.

Hipp had already recalled its vary from Spar supermarkets in Austria on Friday night. A Hipp spokesman spoke of an “external criminal intervention”. “Consuming such a glass can be life-threatening,” warned the household enterprise.

The discover got here from Germany

As the Austrian police introduced, a tip got here from Germany. There are ongoing investigations there, it stated. The rat poison was detected in a 190 gram Hipp jar of “carrots with potatoes” within the afternoon. It appeared within the city of Schützen am Gebirge (Eisenstadt-Environment district).

According to the police, suspicious jars might be recognized by a white sticker with a crimson circle on the underside of the jar. Be suspicious if the lid is broken or already opened.

Other international locations can also be affected

There have not too long ago been totally different statements as as to whether merchandise in different international locations are additionally affected. Ages initially spoke of two affected supermarkets within the Czech Republic, however later eliminated this data from its web site.

However, the Burgenland police stated that suspicious glasses had additionally been seized within the Czech Republic and Slovakia.