Boulder County Public Health has shared an alert from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about an investigation into reports of infant illness related to some baby formula products.
Along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the FDA is looking into consumer complaints about powdered infant formula produced by Abbott Nutrition Sturgis’ Michigan facility.
On Monday, the CDC announced an additional infection of Cronobacter, a rare illness that can cause death in infants, that may have contributed to the patient’s death with known exposure to the infant formula produced at that facility. In total, there have been four reports of Cronobacter in infants and one complaint of Salmonella in infants.
All five illnesses resulted in hospitalization and Cronobacter may have contributed to death in two patients, the FDA said.
On Monday, Abbott Nutrition voluntarily recalled Similac PM 60/40 powdered infant formula with the lot code 27032K800. This is in addition to the Feb. 17 voluntary recall of Similac, Alimentum and EleCare formulas manufactured at that facility.
Similar, Alimentum or EleCare powdered formulas with the details listed below have been recalled:
- First two digits of code are 22 through 37,
- code on container contains K8, SH or Z2,
- and expiration is April 1, 2022 or later.
To check if your powdered formula is part of the recall, you can enter the product lot code on the bottom of the package at www.similacrecall.com/.
The FDA is continuing to investigate and will update the advisory should more information become available.
