Karicare baby formula scare spreads to other products Nutricia quarantine a batch of contaminedt baby formula en route to Australia. Two batches of Fonterra dairy products that may have been contaminated with toxic bacteria made it from New Zealand to Australia, authorities say. But no products made from either of these batches have been sold for human consumption here. Parents in NZ have been urged to stop using two kinds of Nutricia Karicare baby formula made using Fonterra whey protein, amid fears it could be contaminated by clostridium bacterium. The bacteria can cause botulism, which can in turn cause nausea, diarrhoea and vomiting, paralysis or even death. Whey protein is used to make infant milk formula, some sports and health drinks and supplements, and animal feed. Drinks and other products made by Coca Cola, Vitaco and Chinese drinks maker Wahaha have been declared safe to consume, despite being made from whey product containing the toxic bacteria. Nearly two days after the dairy exporter revealed some of its whey contained the bacteria that can cause potentially fatal botulism, it said low pH and high temperatures would kill the bacteria in the beverages and yoghurts. However, the statement late on Sunday night does not include infant formula made by the French-owned global dairy products manufacturer Danone. Danone issued a product recall in both the Chinese and New Zealand markets after notification by Fonterra that 38 tonnes of contaminated milk powder - produced in a batch at a Waikato dairy factory with a dirty pipe in May last year - has been exported to Australia, China, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Vietnam. New Zealand faces China baby formula 'gold rush' Baby food trade a money making formula Nutricia had described its recall of two batches of Karicare Infant Formula Stage 1 and one batch of Karicare Gold Plus Follow On Formula Stage 2 as precautionary, but late on Sunday said the NZ Ministry of Primary Industry had recommended parents avoid using both products. "In Australia there have been no products available in market that have been identified with the Fonterra contaminated ingredient," Nutricia said in a statement. However, we understand that parents and caregivers may wish to use alternative brands in the interim ... Nutricia regrets any distress and anxiety this issue may have caused families in NZ and Australia. In a joint statement, Australia's Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) and Food Standards Australia New Zealand said Australia received two batches of potentially contaminated whey. One shipment failed a test for clostridia and was not allowed to be sold for human consumption. "Some of this product may have been sold as stock feed and tracing of this product has commenced," DAFF said. The ABC reports Australian livestock feed company Maxum is one of Fonterra's customers, but that Maxum identified and contained the suspect product before it hit the feedlots. A second consignment was used as an ingredient in products that have been exported to New Zealand, Thailand, Malaysia and China, and the Australian government is working with these countries to trace the product. "The Australian government is continuing to work closely with the New Zealand Ministry of Primary Industries to ensure that there are no products of concern in the Australian marketplace and that Australian dairy products are safe for Australian consumers," DAFF said. Authorities said they were working to ensure the NZ Nutricia baby formula were the only affected products, but that "as a cautionary measure and until all information is available, parents may wish to use alternative brands of infant formula." NZ officials said a body-building supplement produced from the contaminated whey posed negligible risk to human health because it's been heat treated.