{"id":889,"date":"2011-12-25T23:41:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T05:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cerebral-palsy-medicalmalpractice.com\/blog\/?p=889"},"modified":"2011-12-25T23:41:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T05:41:45","slug":"baby-formula-maker-claims-product-suspected-in-infants-death-is-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cerebral-palsy-medicalmalpractice.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/baby-formula-maker-claims-product-suspected-in-infants-death-is-safe.html","title":{"rendered":"Baby Formula Maker Claims Product, Suspected In Infant’s Death, Is Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

The maker of Enfamil baby formula, which has been pulled from the shelves by retailers after a baby’s death, said Sunday that its tests didn’t find any deadly bacteria in the product.<\/p>\r\n

In a statement, Mead Johnson Nutrition said it tested the same batch of formula that is\u00a0 being tested\u00a0by the Food and Drug Administration, which is investigating the cases of two babies in Missouri who fell ill after having the formula.\u00a0One of them,\u00a010-day-old infant Avery Cornett, died.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/12\/26\/business\/baby-formula-is-called-safe.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Mead Johnson stated that it didn’t find any Cronobacter, a bacteria than can be lethal, in its formula. Cornett was diagnosed wth Cronobacter, as was a second baby who survived.<\/p>\r\n

Last week retailers such as\u00a0Wal-Mart,\u00a0Walgreen, Kroger and\u00a0Super-Valu\u00a0pulled the formula,\u00a012.5-ounce cans with the batch code\u00a0ZP1K7G, off their shelves. They said\u00a0\u00a0they were taking the precautionary measure until regulators tested the formula.<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052970204552304577116651051958544.html?KEYWORDS=enfamil<\/a><\/p>\r\n

On Sunday Mead Johnson officials told Bloomberg News that they didn’t know how long it would take the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control to complete their investigations.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The maker of Enfamil baby formula, which has been pulled from the shelves by retailers after a baby’s death, said Sunday that its tests didn’t find any deadly bacteria in the product. In a statement, Mead Johnson Nutrition said it tested the same batch of formula that is\u00a0 being tested\u00a0by the Food and Drug Administration, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[529,532,531,528,530],"class_list":["post-889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-enfamil-and-baby-death","tag-enfamil-and-bacteria","tag-enfamil-and-chronobacter","tag-enfamil-taken-off-shelves","tag-fda-probe-of-enfamil"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t