Class I · Recall · initiated May 1, 2026 · Terminated
a2 Platinum Premium infant formula recalled nationwide over possible cereulide toxin
The a2 Milk Company of Boulder, Colorado recalled 51,202 tins of a2 Platinum Premium infant formula, a milk-based powder with iron for infants up to 12 months, because of possible contamination with cereulide toxin, a Class I recall since terminated.
The record
- Firm
- The a2 Milk Company, Boulder, CO
- Product
- a2 Platinum Premium infant formula Milk-based Powder with Iron 31.7oz (900g) Intended use: infant formula (0 12 months). Condition: shelf stable product Type of packaging: metal tin with plastic dust cap. Net weight: 31.7oz (900gm). UPC: 813267020335. Firm name listed on label: The a2 Milk Company
- Reason, as filed
- “Possible contamination with Cereulide toxin.”
- Classification
- Class I (Class I: reasonable probability of serious health consequences or death)
- Recall number
- H-0891-2026
- Initiated
- May 1, 2026
- Posted by FDA
- June 10, 2026
- Status
- Terminated · Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Quantity
- 51,202 units
- Distribution
- The recalled product was distributed throughout the United States.
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Why it happened, in plain English
The filed reason is “Possible contamination with Cereulide toxin.” Cereulide is the heat-stable toxin made by some strains of Bacillus cereus. The record does not say where the concern came from: a test, a supplier notice, or an illness report. It does not name the manufacturing plant. It gives a single SKU, a 900 g metal tin, 51,202 units, distributed throughout the United States. The recall has been terminated, which means FDA closed it as complete.
Cereulide is a different problem from the bacteria most formula programs test for. In general terms, it is produced when Bacillus cereus grows in a wet, warm intermediate before drying, and the toxin then survives the dryer and any later heating. Once it is in the powder, no test for live bacteria will find it and no preparation step removes it. That points the control question at the manufacturer’s handling of liquid intermediates and at spore counts on incoming dairy ingredients.
Who else should care
Infant formula, toddler milk and nutritional powder brands, especially brands that market a specific milk protein type and depend on a contract manufacturer for the drying. When a formula brand’s name is on the tin, the recall carries that name, and 51,202 tins nationwide is a consumer-facing event.
Dairy powder makers supplying formula and nutrition brands should notice that the concern here is a toxin, not an organism, so a clean finished-product plate count would not have cleared it. Check: whether your hazard analysis for powdered dairy products addresses Bacillus cereus growth in liquid holding steps, with a time and temperature limit, and not only the finished-powder microbiology.
Written 2026-09-08. Analysis is editorial; the record above is FDA's.