Ex-FDA official: Feds waited 4 months to recall infant formula

Ex-FDA official: Feds waited 4 months to recall infant formula

The infant formula shortage is subsiding, but officials want to know what happened so it can be prevented from happening again.

FDA was aware of bacteria in baby formula months before issuing latest recall

According to an FDA spokesperson, the agency acknowledged being aware of a harmful bacteria present in baby formula well in advance of its removal from retail outlets.

FDA admits that it knew about deadly bacteria in infant formula months before recall

The Food and Drug Administration admitted knowing about a deadly bacteria found in infant formula months before the product was recalled from store shelves, an FDA spokesperson confirmed to Politico.On February 20, the FDA issued a press release from Reckitt announcing that two batches of the company’s Enfamil Prosobee Simply Plant-Based Infant Formula manufactured between August and September 2022 had been possibly contaminated with a deadly pa…

FDA admits to knowing about deadly bacteria found in baby formula months before it was recalled

The FDA admitted to knowing that Cronobacter was detected in Enfamil baby formula, months before 145,000 cans were removed from the shelf due to safety concerns.

FDA knew about latest baby formula problem months before recall

FDA inspectors knew about problems at the Enfamil baby formula plant in Michigan months before a recent recall, it emerged Monday.

‘Lessons have not been learned’: FDA knew of positive test months before latest infant formula recall

A recent recall of infant formula was announced nearly three months after Food and Drug Administration officials first learned that some products at a major plant had tested positive for bacteria — a delay that mirrors the agency’s slow response to reports of food safety problems and infant deaths ahead of last year’s massive recall over the same type of bacteria. In late February, formula giant Reckitt issued a press release recalling 145,000 c…