CNN — Leaders at the US Food and Drug Administration have issued a new call to action to the infant formula industry to protect babies from illnesses caused by Salmonella…
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A year later, formula stock has recovered from the shortage, but parents haven’t
CNN — It has been a year since a major formula manufacturing company recalled several products, which escalated a widespread shortage in the United States and evoked fear in parents…
Health experts call for an end to exploitative baby formula milk marketing tactics
CNN — Less than half of infants around the world are breastfed as recommended, and baby formula is in high demand despite failing to offer the same health and developmental…
DOJ investigating Abbott over baby formula plant in Michigan
CNN — The US Department of Justice is investigating Abbott Laboratories infant-formula plant in Sturgis, Michigan, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to CNN. “The DOJ has informed us of…
FDA lays out plan to combat bacterial illnesses in baby formula
CNN — The US Food and Drug Administration is charting a plan to enhance its surveillance of infant formula for Cronobacter bacteria. The agency said in a statement Tuesday that…
Abbott plans new $500 million infant formula facility as shortage continues
CNN — Abbott Nutrition plans to build a $500 million nutrition facility for specialty and metabolic infant formulas, Chairman and CEO Robert Ford said Wednesday. The announcement comes as the…
Baby formula: Abbott announces another recall but claims it affects small fraction of total US supply
CNN — Abbott Labs said Friday that it is recalling certain lots of 2 fluid ounce/59 milliliter bottles of Ready-to-Feed liquid formula for infants and children due to a problem…
FDA report details agency fumbles during infant formula investigation that hampered response
FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf told CNN that there wasn’t any one problem or person responsible for the crisis. “There are a number of things, any one of which would…
Engineers’ formula IDs materials for virtual reality, 3D displays — ScienceDaily
If you’re going to break a rule with style, make sure everybody sees it. That’s the goal of engineers at Rice University who hope to improve screens for virtual reality,…
US formula shortage persists and will ‘take a while to fix’
Formula stock rates have been dropping since the end of February, when the US Food and Drug Administration shut down a major formula plant and issued a recall of products…