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Threat Of Cronobacter Contamination For Powder Infant Formula Rings Clear In Latest US Recall

Finding ‘One Of Most Troubling’ Pathogen Groups For Dry Foods Is ‘Needle In Haystack’

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

Reckitt's identification of Cronobacter sakazakii as contaminant in its 145,000-can Enfamil recall is latest clear statement about Cronobacter bacteria potentially disrupting supply of formula and other nutritionals distributed in powder form.

Cronobacter sakazakii isn't as easy to find in the field as examining a colony of the bacteria on an agar plate. • Source: Shutterstock

An Enfamil product is the latest powder infant formula on recall due to potential Cronobacter species bacteria contamination in nutritional products distributed in the US since an unsafe level was found in an Abbott plant and led to an ongoing shortage of formula products.

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC’s announcement about its Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. business’s recall published on 20 February by the...

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