The number of babies affected in Spain by consuming potentially contaminated milk—already recalled in some twenty countries—containing the cereulide toxin has risen to 41, thirteen of whom required hospitalization. All have since been discharged, although one required admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) due to gastrointestinal symptoms and a respiratory infection, the Ministry of Health reported on Thursday. The Spanish government has already notified the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), as detailed in its weekly public health alert bulletin. The forty cases have been reported by ten autonomous communities, including Catalonia. These are: Andalusia, Aragon, the Canary Islands, Castile-La Mancha, Castile and León, Catalonia, Galicia, Murcia, La Rioja, and the Valencian Community. According to information published by the Spanish government, the average age of the affected infants is four months, and all have presented with gastrointestinal symptoms, mainly vomiting and diarrhea, with or without other associated symptoms. Ten additional cases with compatible symptoms have been reported in infants who consumed products from the recalled brands. In nine of the cases, it has not been possible to identify the batch of infant formula consumed.

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