Abbott is done investigating a former employee’s allegations about quality-control problems at its Michigan infant formula plant but impacts on revenues from temporarily shutting down the facility aren’t done with the firm.
Abbott Concludes Former Employees’ Allegations Concerning Michigan Formula Plant ‘Unfounded’
Firm Plans Spending $500M To Build US Facility To Boost Formula Production
Abbott’s Q3 worldwide sales of formula and other pediatric nutritionals were down 24.8% on reported basis. It plans spending $500m on a new formula facility after finding the US “would benefit from more manufacturing capacity and redundancy.”

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