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The 49-year-old Navratil, a veteran of Nestlé, has been coordinating the response from the company headquarters in Vevey, with the first recall starting on Dec. 10. One of the major difficulties for Navratil and Nestlé is that the initial detection of cereulide is tricky and testing for it is expensive and complex, according to Professor Monika Ehling-Schulz at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna. Still, the scale of the recall, and the size of the potential financial hit, is larger than it initially appeared and what Nestlé originally communicated, according to Kai Lehmann, senior research analyst at Flossbach von Storch, an investor in the company. Even though it is understandable that the company needs some time to sort everything out, I would have expected more updates by now. Nestlé said it's focused on handling the recall and ensuring at the same time that formula supply is also maintained — something of paramount concern to local authorities."