At present, the well-known American milk powder manufacturer " Abbott " is deeply involved in the vortex of public opinion about "causing infant deaths" and "American milk powder shortage". According to the Wall Street Journal Chinese website: " The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on the 22nd that it is investigating a new report that another child died after eating Abbott infant formula." reported this, An Abbott spokesperson responded: "There is currently no evidence of a causal relationship between Abbott's formula and this newly announced case."
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It should be noted that as early as February this year, Abbott Global Official Website It has announced a voluntary recall of three infant formula milk powders: Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare produced at the Michigan factory in the United States. The General Administration of Customs also issued an announcement reminding consumers to "not purchase through any channels for the time being" and "immediately suspend consumption" of the above three milk powders. also made it clear that the first two digits of the product code are numbers 22 to 37, containers If the above codes include K8, SH or Z2, the shelf life is April 1, 2022 or later.
The reason is that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is investigating four cases related to infant formula received at Abbott Nutrition’s Sturgis, Michigan, plant between September 20, 2021, and January 11, 2022. consumer complaints, These complaints include three reports of Cronobacter sakazakii infections and one report of Salmonella infection in infants.
In March this year, some media revealed that FDA issued an investigation report showing that Cronobacter sakazakii was detected in the milk powder filling room, drying area and other areas of Abbott's Sturgis factory in Michigan. also pointed out three major problems, including the failure to establish a control system covering all processing processes of infant milk powder; failure to ensure that all surfaces of equipment that come into contact with infant milk powder are maintained to prevent the milk powder from being contaminated by the environment; direct contact with milk powder, raw materials, packaging or equipment , equipment staff did not wear necessary protective clothing.
In response, Abbott China stated that Abbott currently does not sell any nutritional products produced at the Sturgis factory in Michigan, USA, in the Chinese mainland market, and that the products comply with relevant national food safety standards and regulations. "We take this investigation seriously and are working closely with the U.S. FDA to take corrective actions. We have implemented corrective improvements, leveraged new technologies, and strengthened process controls at our facilities to ensure that consumers are safe when we resume operations at our Sturgis facility. The quality of our products is assured."
However, shortly after the recall, Chinese consumers said: "When the baby was diagnosed with Salmonella infection, he consumed the milk powder included in Abbott's recall." In this regard, maternal and infant. Frontier once published "Abbott received another consumer complaint: a domestic infant was suspected of being infected with Salmonella" (click to jump to read), which I will not repeat here.
After the above-mentioned reports of bacterial infections in the four infants emerged, Abbott immediately recalled related milk powder products and closed its factory in Michigan, further exacerbating the "milk powder shortage" in the United States. Just in early June, the factory reached an agreement with the FDA and resumed production.
Abbott, who has been frequently involved in safety incidents, once again reminded consumers that the moon in foreign countries is not necessarily rounder than in China. In the future competition among dairy companies, quality and safety are only basic skills. If you cannot do this well, you will be eliminated sooner or later.
