According to documents recently released by the FDA, the agency knew about ongoing cleanliness and contamination issues at the Sturgis, Michigan Abbott facility implicated in contaminated baby formula since at least autumn of 2019. Among the infractions found by federal inspectors during their visit to the plant that manufactures Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare formulas were failures to maintain clean surfaces within the plant that were ...
Abbott Labs Facility at Center of Baby Formula Contamination Was Known to be Unsanitary
Posted April 5, 2022 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls
FDA Under Fire Over Failure to React to Baby Formula Crisis
Posted March 22, 2022 in Product News and Recalls | Recall
The Food and Drug Administration is once again the target of public ire over its seemingly glacial response to a U.S. consumer crisis. A recent story posted to Politico indicates that parents and their congressional representatives have begun raising serious questions about the amount of time that elapsed between the discovery of the first illness allegedly associated with infant formula contamination and the government’s response ...
Parents on Edge as Baby Formula Illnesses Continue
Posted March 16, 2022 in Product News and Recalls | Recall
The number of infants killed by the contamination of a variety of batches of baby formula at a Sturgis, Michigan Abbott Laboratories facility may have risen as another death has recently been reported and regulators question how many illnesses have gone unreported.
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Concerns Grow as Another Infant Sickened by Baby Formula
Posted March 10, 2022 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits
A Florida man has filed a class-action lawsuit against Abbott Laboratories after his daughter grew ill after consuming a recalled batch of formula. The infant developed “diarrhea, abdominal pain, severe diaper rash with blisters and blood, dehydration, sleeplessness, and other pain and injuries” after being fed meals of Similac Alimentum formula. The plaintiff alleges that the girl, while recovered, is still experiencing gastrointestinal distress as result.
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continue reading...Concerns Grow Over Baby Formula Bacterial Infections
Posted March 3, 2022 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Recall
Batches of Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare powdered baby formula were found to be contaminated with a variety of bacteria. The infected batches originated out of a Sturgis, Michigan manufacturing facility for Abbott Nutrition and may have caused at least one infant death. Reports of bacterial infections in infants that consumed the formula were received in Texas, Ohio, and Minnesota.
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continue reading...What is Necrotizing Enterocolitis?
Posted January 31, 2022 in Product News and Recalls
Recent news reports have brought a frightful new medical term to light for many new parents, particularly those with premature newborns. The term is necrotizing enterocolitis and parents of premature newborns who are using baby formula to feed their infants should take note of the causes and symptoms of the disease, as well as what to do if the illness is suspected in their child.
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