Congressional testimony related to the infant formula shortage that has some parents wondering where their child’s next meal may come from exposed confusion and a lack of coordination between Abbott Labs – the company responsible for making the formula – and the Food and Drug Administration. While the two successfully collaborated last month to release a limited amount of infant formula from the facility in an ...
As Infant Formula Crisis Continues, Confusion Emerges Over Timelines
Posted June 28, 2022 in Product News and Recalls
FDA Comes Up Short as Feds Continue Investigation into Tainted Baby Formula
Posted May 10, 2022 in Product News and Recalls
As shortages worsen across the nation, a federal investigation into the source of tainted infant formula has so far yielded no definitive match to an Abbott Labs production facility in Sturgis, Michigan. The facility was responsible for the production of some of the most trusted and well-known brands of infant formula in the country including Similac, Elecare, and Alimentum.
The Abbott Labs facility was ...
continue reading...Parental Concerns Skyrocket as Baby Formula Shortage Worsens
Posted April 21, 2022 in Product News and Recalls
As “supply chain” continues its reign as the defining word of 2022, the contamination of large amounts of baby formula originating out of a Sturgis, Michigan Abbott Laboratories production plant has taken the shortage to new heights.
A new report by Axios indicates that nearly 30% of infant formula inventory was out of stock across the country as of the middle of March. Those levels sat at ...
continue reading...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
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 used ...
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 to ...
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.
The lawsuit ...
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