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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
CDC closes infant formula outbreak investigation; FDA continues work to find source; USDA works to resolve shortages
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
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Congressional subcommittee to investigate shortages of infant formula linked to outbreak
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.
FDA clears release of limited infant formula on a case-by-case basis; investigation continues
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
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Abbott Nutrition: The gathering storm
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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
Five strains of bacteria found at infant formula plant; none match samples from two patients
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
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Representative demands answers from FDA about outbreak linked to infant formula
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.
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Publisher’s Platform: Six weeks after infant formula Cronobacter sakazakii outbreak and recall there are still unanswered questions
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Documents show ongoing problems at infant formula plant linked to outbreak
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
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Publisher’s Platform: Cronobacter Illnesses Linked to Powdered Infant Formula – What Parents Need to Know
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
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