The FDA has launched a program, titled Operation Stork Speed, to help ensure the safety of infant formula.
The Food and Drug Administration’s action comes as Consumer Reports releases findings on heavy metals and other contaminants in infant foods.
The FDA’s program — aspects of which are already required by
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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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Some staff at the FDA and USDA could be headed back to work after mass government firings at the behest of the Department of Governmental Efficiency led by Elon Musk.
The billionaire native of South Africa ordered the firings last week as part of a culling of the federal government
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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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Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro. D-CT, has sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration’s Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones urging him to increase public awareness of the benefits of human donor milk and potential benefits of human milk-derived human milk fortifier for Very Low Birth Weight infants.
DeLauro
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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
Continue Reading FDA issues warnings to water company over mold contamination and infant formula producer lacking Cronobacter testing
Perrigo Company plc is recalling 16,500 cans of store brand Premium Infant Formula with Iron Milk-Based Powder because of levels of Vitamin D above the maximum level permitted.
The issue was determined through routine testing.
The recalled product was shipped to H-E-B Grocery Company, LP in Texas and CVS in
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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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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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A new report adds the Inspector General’s voice to the autopsy of America’s recent infant formula shortage.
The Inspector General’s Office for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has found the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had inadequate policies and procedures, or lacked policies and procedures, to identify
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