Abbott Recalls Infant Formula Made At Facility FDA Is Investigating For Bacterial Contamination

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

Abbott Labs recalls Similac, Alimentum and EleCare brand formula powders made at Sturgis, MI, plant. FDA says complaints about Abbott’s formulas included three reports of Cronobacter sakazakii infections, with one death potentially linked, and one of Salmonella Newport infection.

• Source: Alamy

The Food and Drug Administration is inspecting Abbott Laboratories Ltd's Sturgis, MI, facility after four consumers complained about infants’ illnesses, including potentially one death, after consuming powdered infant formula produced there.

Minutes before the agency announced the complaints and its inspection on 17 February, the firm's Abbott Nutrition business announced it...

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