Food alert issued for probable contamination in infant formula

The Ministry of Health reported that on Friday afternoon it received notification of the voluntary recall of Abbott Laboratory for Elecare 400g products; New Similac Alimentum HMO 400g and Similac Human Milk Fortifier box 50 sachets, all three intended for children under 12 months.
These products are manufactured at the manufacturing site in Sturgis, Michigan, United States. In that country, four consumer complaints were received related to Cronobacter sakazakii or Salmonella Newport, in babies who had consumed the powdered infant formula manufactured at this facility.
Both bacteria are pathogenic, and can mainly affect immunocompromised infants and adults, with variable gastrointestinal symptoms up to bacteremia, meningitis and necrotizing enterocolitis.
The production batches involved, all with an expiration date of April 2 or later, are as follows:

26811Z20 – Elecare 400g
34768Z201 – New Similac Alimentum HMO 400g
26915Z200 – Similac Human Milk Fortifier 50 sachets
26918Z200 – Similac Human Milk Fortifier 50 sachets
26919Z200 – Similac Human Milk Fortifier 50 sachets
27073Z200 – Similac Human Milk Fortifier 50 sachets
28077Z200 – Similac Human Milk Fortifier 50 sachets
28158Z200 – Similac Human Milk Fortifier 50 sachets
28162Z200 – Similac Human Milk Fortifier 50 sachets
30521Z200 – Similac Human Milk Fortifier 50 sachets
31543Z200 – Similac Human Milk Fortifier 50 sachets
32649Z200 – Similac Human Milk Fortifier 50 sachets
33751Z200 – Similac Human Milk Fortifier 50 sachets
33752Z200 – Similac Human Milk Fortifier 50 sachets
34901Z200 – Similac Human Milk Fortifier 50 sachets

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