The FDA is recommending consumers stop using certain powdered infant formula products from Similac, Alimentum and EleCare while the agency investigates further.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday that the health agency is investigating multiple reported cases of Cronobacter and Salmonella infections that have been reported. Officials say all of the reported cases came after powdered infant formula was consumed.
Consumers are advised to look out for the following numbers in product codes on the packaging to determine which products in their homes to throw away, the FDA said:• Products where the code on the container contains K8, SH, or Z2There have been four illnesses so far, three of those were Cronobacter infections and one of them was Salmonella. States where people were infected include Minnesota, Ohio and Texas.
Frank Yiannas, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response said in a statement, “As this is a product used as the sole source of nutrition for many of our nation’s newborns and infants, the FDA is deeply concerned about these reports of bacterial infections.”
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