Opinion
This past week the CDC declared an outbreak of Cronobacter infections over after the FDA received four complaints of Cronobacter infections in infants beginning on September 20, 2021, through January 11, 2022. Two of
Opinion
This past week the CDC declared an outbreak of Cronobacter infections over after the FDA received four complaints of Cronobacter infections in infants beginning on September 20, 2021, through January 11, 2022. Two of
The CDC has declared that an outbreak of cronobacter infections among babies is over, but the Food and Drug Administration is continuing its investigation into the maker of the implicated infant formula.
The FDA received…
Continue Reading CDC closes infant formula outbreak investigation; FDA continues work to find source; USDA works to resolve shortages
A subcommittee of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee is set to begin a hearing on infant formula shortages, which are related to recalls of products linked to an outbreak of cronobacter infections.
The Food and Drug Administration is allowing Abbott Nutrition to release limited amounts of certain infant formulas made at a plant under investigation in relation to an outbreak of cronobacter infections.
“The FDA is concerned…
Continue Reading FDA clears release of limited infant formula on a case-by-case basis; investigation continues
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Editor’s note: This column was originally published in eFoodAlert and is republished here with the author’s permission.
Between Sept. 1, 2019, and Sept. 20, 2021, Abbott Nutrition received 17 consumer complaints…
The FDA has confirmed five different strains of Cronobacter sakazakii bacteria at a production plant that makes infant formula that has been linked to four illnesses and two deaths.
None of the five different strains…
Continue Reading Five strains of bacteria found at infant formula plant; none match samples from two patients
The chairman of a U.S. House subcommittee has demanded that the FDA provide Congress with an explanation of why it took so long to deal with an ongoing outbreak linked to infant formula.
Democratic Rep.
Continue Reading Representative demands answers from FDA about outbreak linked to infant formula
Opinion
The FDA has released documents showing a pattern of problems with food safety practices at the infant formula production plant implicated in an outbreak of illnesses that includes two deaths.
Form 483 documents from inspections…
Continue Reading Documents show ongoing problems at infant formula plant linked to outbreak
How can Parents help prevent Cronobacter Infections now and in the future?
Do not use the powdered infant formula that is the subject of the recall.
The CDC has warned that powdered formula is not…
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Cronobacter Illnesses Linked to Powdered Infant Formula – What Parents Need to Know