The metallic cake decorating powder that left a Queensland child with potentially lifelong injuries has been urgently recalled, as the young boy is discharged from hospital.
Fourteen-month-old Dusty from the Gold Coast inhaled the metallic dust after finding it in his mother’s baking studio, and was put into an induced coma.
“[He] became a bit more unresponsive and his eyes were rolling in his head … he couldn’t breathe properly,” mum Katie Robinson said.
The Creative Cake Decorating-branded product may have contained potentially toxic copper and zinc, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said in May.
Anyone who had one of five colours should stop using them immediately, and return them to their place of purchase for a full refund.
Dusty was rushed to Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane after paramedics were called, and doctors performed emergency surgery to clear the metals which had coated his airways and lungs.
After three weeks of treatment, Robinson revealed on Monday her boy was returning home.
“It’s honestly blown us away how much support we have had from loved ones and strangers. Our boy has been so, so loved,” she posted to social media.
“We’re looking forward to sleeping in our own bed tonight and spending some much-needed quality time as a family.
“Dusty will continue with asthma therapy and medication to help the inflammation in his lungs continue to go down … The main thing is he is ok! That’s the best outcome.”
A GoFundMe set up by Robinson’s friend Rochelle Evrard to support the family raised more than $57,000.
The colours recalled were: rose gold, fiery copper, Dior gold, platinum silver and champagne gold. The Creative Cake Decorating website says its products are made in Australia.
The full recall notice can be found here.
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