Parents of a preterm infant who died of NEC have filed an Enfamil lawsuit claiming Mead Johnson has provided misleading information about the safety of its baby formula products.
Benefits of Breastfeeding include increased child intelligence, displayed through verbal skills and knowledge of spatial relationships
Lawmakers raised concerns about how the Similac recall demonstrates the powerful impact one company can have on the health of children in the U.S.
Abbott facility may be operating soon if the company can meet the stipulations of the Similac recall consent decree, the Justice Department says
Some states have seen more than 50% of their infant formula supply disappear following the Similac recalls, as shortages that started with the COVID-19 pandemic worsen
Consuming Similac Alimentum led to bloody stool, injuries and hospitalization, the infant's mother claims.
The FDA is allowing Abbott to release Similac infant formula and similar products if they are specialty and metabolic formulations which may help infants with life-threatening conditions.
Contaminated Similac caused a baby to suffer gross and fine motor delays, which continue to persist, according to the lawsuit.
Retailers continue to face a shortage of baby formula following the pandemic and recent recalls of Similac, Alimentum and EleCare formula
The baby formula class action lawsuit was filed after a young child developed Salmonella poisoning from contaminated Alimentum formula.
