2026年5月3日 / 美国东部时间上午6:38 / 美联社
奥地利东部警方表示，一名39岁嫌疑人已被逮捕。此前中欧多家超市货架上的喜宝婴儿食品罐中被发现含有鼠毒。
上月此案曝光后，喜宝已在奥地利、斯洛伐克和捷克召回部分婴儿食品罐。该公司周六在一份声明中表示，对此次逮捕感到“如释重负”，并将在核实细节后发布进一步更新。
布尔根兰州刑事警察局在检察官的指导下表示，4月18日一名顾客在艾森斯塔特市的一家超市购买的婴儿食品罐中被发现含有毒物后，警方已展开调查。
警方表示，嫌疑人正在接受讯问，暂时不会透露更多细节。布尔根兰州检察官办公室已宣布对涉嫌“故意危害公共安全”展开调查。
奥地利通讯社报道称，针对该毒物毒性的专家报告尚未出具。据奥地利通讯社报道，警方共查获了五罐被篡改过的婴儿食品罐，未流入消费环节。
当局此前表示，他们认为被篡改的产品是面向5个月大婴儿的胡萝卜土豆泥婴儿食品，规格为190克（6.7盎司），在奥地利境内的SPAR超市有售。
喜宝随即采取预防措施，召回了在奥地利SPAR超市——包括SPAR、EUROSPAR、INTERSPAR和Maximarkt门店——销售的全部婴儿食品罐。斯洛伐克和捷克的经销商也已将该品牌所有婴儿食品罐下架。
该公司表示，此次召回并非因为其产品或质量存在缺陷，并称这些食品罐离开工厂时“状态完好”。
警方表示，案发时一名顾客举报称某罐食品疑似被篡改，但无人食用过该婴儿食品。
总部位于德国普芬霍芬的喜宝表示，其已成为“敲诈勒索的受害者”，并补充称一名身份不明的“敲诈者”向一个共享邮箱发送了相关信息，促使该公司立即报警。
Austrian police arrest suspect in connection to rat poison found in baby food jars
May 3, 2026 / 6:38 AM EDT / AP
Police in eastern Austria say a 39-year-old suspect has been arrested after rat poison turned up in some HiPP baby food jars on supermarket shelves in central Europe.
HiPP, which recalled some of its baby food jars in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic after the case came to light last month, said in a statement Saturday it was “greatly relieved” by the arrest, and would provide a further updates as verified details come in.
The Burgenland State Criminal Police Office, under the direction of prosecutors, said a probe was launched after poison turned up in a baby food jar purchased at a supermarket in the city of Eisenstadt on April 18.
It said the suspect was being questioned, and that no further details would be immediately provided. The Burgenland public prosecutor’s office has announced an investigation into suspected “intentional endangerment of the public.”
The Austrian Press Agency reported that an expert report on the toxicity of the poison was pending. A total of five tampered baby food jars were seized before they could be consumed, APA reported.
Authorities said previously they believe the tampering occurred in 190-gram (6.7-ounce) jars of baby food made with carrots and potatoes for 5-month-olds that were sold from SPAR supermarkets in Austria.
HiPP responded by recalling all of its baby food jars sold at SPAR supermarkets — which include SPAR, EUROSPAR, INTERSPAR and Maximarkt stores — in Austria as a precaution. Vendors in Slovakia and the Czech Republic also removed all of the brand’s baby jars from sale.
The company said the recall was not due to any product or quality defect on its part, and said the jars left its facility in “perfect condition.”
Police said a customer at the time of the discovery had reported that a jar appeared to have been tampered with, but no one had consumed the baby food.
Pfaffenhofen, Germany-based HiPP said it has been a “victim of extortion,” adding that an unspecified “blackmailer” sent a message to a shared mailbox in the case, prompting it to immediately inform police.
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