cronobacter

Floodwaters force infant formula plant to close down again ‘for a few weeks’

The infant formula plant that just reopened June 4 after being closed for almost four months because of food safety problems is closed again, this time because of flooding. Abbott

By Coral Beach

/ 17 Jun 2022

Floodwaters force infant formula plant to close down again ‘for a few weeks’

U.S. representative livid about new information in infant formula crisis

A member of Congress and consumer groups are expressing shock and asking hard questions about reports of additional infant deaths attributed to baby formula from Abbott Nutrition. Following a report

By Coral Beach

/ 10 Jun 2022

Nine baby deaths reported to FDA during Abbott Nutrition investigation

CONTRIBUTED Editor’s note: This was originally posted by eFoodAlert and is reposted here with the permission of the author. To view the document from the FDA, click here. Between

By Phyllis Entis

/ 8 Jun 2022

Nine baby deaths reported to FDA during Abbott Nutrition investigation

Abbott resumes production of infant formula under strict eye of FDA

Abbott Nutrition has resumed operations at its baby formula plant which was shut down by the FDA in mid-February because of dirty conditions and a link to a cronobacter outbreak

By Coral Beach

/ 6 Jun 2022

Publisher’s Platform: OIG to determine whether FDA followed the inspections and recall process for infant formula in accordance with federal requirements by 2023?

– OPINION – Report not to issue until 2023? Hey, OIG, see below, we need answers sooner and I will give you a head start. HHS, OIG posted this morning: The Federal

By Bill Marler

/ 3 Jun 2022

Publisher’s Platform: OIG to determine whether FDA followed the inspections and recall process for infant formula in accordance with federal requirements by 2023?

Cronobacter found in Numil infant formula

Cronobacter has been detected in an infant milk formula sent to Moldova. The National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) in Moldova ordered the recall of two lot codes of Numil initial

By Joe Whitworth

/ 1 Jun 2022

Cronobacter found in Numil infant formula

STOP petitions government to add cronobacter to Nationally Notifiable Disease List

– CONTRIBUTED – This week there were three hearings in Washington D.C. addressing the infant formula shortage and the reasons behind it. FDA officials were pressed about the failure of leadership

By STOP Foodborne Illness

/ 28 May 2022

Abbott’s senior vice president grilled by members of House subcommittee

“We know we let you down.” The senior vice president of Abbott Nutrition — the manufacturer of infant formula whose plant closure amid a food safety investigation has left the country

By Coral Beach

/ 26 May 2022

FDA leader says agency could have done a better job with investigation into infant formula plant

Describing inspection findings at an infant formula plant as “shocking,” the head of the FDA on Wednesday told a U.S. House panel that the formula maker had failed, but

By Coral Beach

/ 26 May 2022

FDA leader says agency could have done a better job with investigation into infant formula plant

Publisher’s Platform: Mr. Abbott, you are going to face criminal sanctions

– OPINION – According to the CDC and FDA, at least 4 kids were sickened and of those two died, from drinking Abbott infant formula. Abbott denies the connection. However, the resulting

By Bill Marler

/ 19 May 2022

Publisher’s Platform: Mr. Abbott, you are going to face criminal sanctions

FDA continues to investigate outbreaks including infant formula and Lucky Charms

The FDA has closed investigations into three outbreaks, but has left the status “ongoing” for one of them. In an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections that the Food and Drug

By Coral Beach

/ 19 May 2022

FDA continues to investigate outbreaks including infant formula and Lucky Charms

Publisher’s Platform: Abbott and public health officials have failed in their duty to protect the most vulnerable

– OPINION – From September 2021 to February 2022, the CDC received reports of Cronobacter bacteria cases in infants in Minnesota, Ohio and Texas that resulted in four illnesses with two deaths.

By Bill Marler

/ 11 May 2022

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Floodwaters force infant formula plant to close down again ‘for a few weeks’

U.S. representative livid about new information in infant formula crisis

Nine baby deaths reported to FDA during Abbott Nutrition investigation

Cronobacter found in Numil infant formula

STOP petitions government to add cronobacter to Nationally Notifiable Disease List

Abbott’s senior vice president grilled by members of House subcommittee

FDA leader says agency could have done a better job with investigation into infant formula plant

FDA continues to investigate outbreaks including infant formula and Lucky Charms

Publisher’s Platform: Abbott and public health officials have failed in their duty to protect the most vulnerable

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