The company behind the deadly 2022 infant formula outbreak and recall situation was represented by the man expected to be appointed to lead the FDA division that oversees food safety.
Kyle Diamantas, who joined the FDA as interim leader of the agency’s food division, was most recently a corporate attorney
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The toxic baby food crisis is not just a failure in public health. It is a defining moral challenge for an industry entrusted with the most sacred responsibility: nourishing our children.
For years, warnings about heavy metals like lead, arsenic, and cadmium, coupled with pathogens such as
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A bipartisan effort in the U.S. Senate seeks to improve the safety of infant formula.
Introduced by Sen. John Hoeven, R-ND, and Sen. Gary Peters, D-MI, the bill also seeks to prevent infant formula shortages.
The legislation is a reaction to a 2022 outbreak of cronobacter infections that sickened several
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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.
The largest supplier of
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The Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction as part of its enforcement activities. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are
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Dr. Michael Hansen, Senior Scientist at Consumer Reports contributed to this article.
The 2022 infant formula crisis focused renewed attention on the dangers posed by Cronobacter infections to newborns, but recent research has made clear that reducing these risks may be significantly more complex than many of us anticipated.
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Risk ranking has identified Salmonella, Cronobacter, and E. coli as the main microbial hazards in infant formula.
Eight risk ranking steps and seven criteria were used to rank 34 microbiological hazards in infant foods.
These criteria are process survival, recontamination, growth opportunity, meal preparation, hazard-food association evidence, food consumption habits
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Nestle Canada Inc. is recalling certain Gerber brand baby cereal because of Cronobacter contamination.
Testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency showed the contamination in Oat Banana & Mango Baby Cereal, according to a recall notice posted by the agency today.
The implicated baby cereal was distributed online and in
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A company in Canada is recalling certain baby cereal after government testing showed contamination with Cronobacter.
Baby Gourmet Foods Inc. is recalling its banana raisin oatmeal organic whole grain baby cereal, according to a recall notice posted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
As of the posting of the recall
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety alert for parents and caregivers regarding several infant formula products that are non-compliant with federal safety standards.
The products in question include Crecelac and Farmalac brand formulas, which have been linked to serious health risks for infants.
The alert
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