US Health Authorities Say Powdered Infant Formula Not Tainted

Mead-Johnson-Nutrition-CoIn a clear-cut statement, the investigators from U. S. federal health have given a green light to the infant formula of alleged bacterial contagion that inspired retailers to recall a segment of the product during the last week.

In a mutual statement released earlier on Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have claimed that the assessments of factory-sealed jars of the infant formula, which has been formulated by Mead Johnson Nutrition Co., ended up showing no infectivity as such.

"Based on test results to date, there is no need for a recall of infant formula, and parents may continue to use powdered infant formula, following the manufacturer's directions on the printed label", the agencies asserted.

Earlier during the week, a kid was tested positive for carrying a bacterium that allegedly killed a baby in Missouri and inspired various other retailer giants to recall Mead's Enfamil Premium baby formula from all of their stores.

The Oklahoma baby was recovering gradually after being confirmed positive for hosting the so-called Cronobacter sakazakii bacteria.

The disease if the kid was apparently the third Cronobacter-related incident that took place of late, with one more Illinois kid was confirmed recovering speedily ever since the time he was caught by the bacteria.

In this regard, the FDA has scrutinized the sites meant for manufacturing of the baby formula as well as an inspection of the nursery water that found positive for hosting Cronobacter bacteria. As a result of the same, the manufacturers have initialized various programs with the intent of evaluating their products ahead of their distribution in the region.

The majority of them under suspect were analyzed recently and thankfully for their manufacturers, almost all of them were found negative for Cronobacter.