The alarm certainly sounded long and loud in 2022 when Abbott recalled Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare powdered infant formulas after an FDA investigation found Cronobacter sakazakii in the powdered infant formulas. 

Do not use recalled product produced at Abbott Nutrition’s Sturgis, MI, facility the FDA urged.

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Refresco Beverages US Inc. of Tampa, FL, has expanded their recall of Great Value Apple Juice to include 133,500 cases of multiple other brands, including Market Basket, Nature’s Nectar, Nice!, Solevita, Urban Meadow, Weis and Wellsley Farms. The recall was initiated because the products contain inorganic arsenic above the action

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S Martinelli & Company of Watsonville, CA, is recalling nearly 25,000 cases of Martinelli’s Gold Medal Apple Juice because of elevated levels of inorganic arsenic.

According to the details posted online by the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA), the recall was initiated on April 16, 2024, and is ongoing.

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Consumer groups continue to call for faster and more efficient work from FDA on a variety of topics including heavy metals in baby food and the recent outbreak of cronobacter from infant formula.

The advocacy groups include Consumer Reports, STOP Foodborne illness, the Environmental Working Group, and Healthy Babies Bright

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