Before Infant Formula Recall, Abbott ‘Closed-Done’ With Investigation Complaint Referencing Death

Agency Officials' Report Critical Of Abbott's Complaint Investigation Procedures

FDA report on inspection states Abbott and agency “found evidence" of Cronobacter species bacteria in powdered infant formula production environment and firm also identified bacteria in finished powdered formula products. Once Abbott gets FDA clearance to restart production at facility, it will need as much as two months before formula made there reaches stores.

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Abbott Nutrition’s investigations of complaints about infant formula products made at its Sturgis, MI, facility “treated infant death and infant illness the same,” the US Food and Drug Administration says in a report critical of the firm’s investigations of adverse events potentially linked to the plant.

With the FDA’s investigation of the plant concluded, the Abbott Laboratories Ltd. business said its testing showed no link...

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