two children had died and two were sickened after consuming formula that contained the bacterium cronobacter sakazakii. The paper said the agency acknowledged Friday that it had received such additional reports, being unable to identify the source of the infection in all cases. ABBOTT'S MICHIGAN BABY FORMULA PLANT REOPENS: HOW LONG BEFORE PARENTS SEE MORE SUPPLY?The FDA and Abbott Nutrition did not immediately respond to FOX Business' request for comment.The complaints were first reported by eFoodAlert, and obtained in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.Two of the deaths were tallied with the four confirmed outbreak cases identified by the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the website said, with two of the other seven deaths reported to the FDA on the agency's consumer complaint system mentioning Salmonella in the complaint description.
PORTLAND, OR - MAY 12: Katie Wussler, a program coordinator at Mother & Child Education Center, checks the lot number on a donated can of Similac baby formula against a list of recalled cans on May 12, 2022 in Portland, Oregon.