Alerts & Safety Information and Reporting Illnesses, Injuries and Problems

  
Alerts and Safety Information

• Abbott Recalls Certain Similac® Brand Powder Infant Formulas September 27, 2010
  • Abbott Infant Formula Recall Update October 26, 2010 NEW!
• Melamine Contamination in China January 5, 2009
• FDA Issues Health Information Advisory on Infant Formula September 12, 2008
  • Health Information Advisory on Infant Formula September 15, 2008
• Information on E. sakazakii Infections in Hospitalized Infants Associated with Use of Powdered Infant Formulas
  • Health Professionals Letter on Enterobacter sakazakii Infections Associated With Use of Powdered (Dry) Infant Formulas in Neonatal Intensive Care Units April 1, 2002; Revised October 10, 2002
  • CDC Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report - "E. sakazakii" Infections Associated With Use of Powdered Infant Formulas" April 12, 2002 (available in PDF )
    

Reporting Illnesses, Injuries and Problems

• Reporting Illnesses or Injuries to FDA
  • Anyone, including health care providers and consumers, can report illnesses or injuries to FDA, and can do so by mail, fax or on-line (Internet).  See MedWatch.
  • Report to Manufacturer
    Infant formula manufacturers provide toll-free telephone numbers on the labels of their products and should be notified about problems, complaints, or injuries caused by their products.
• Problems with Infant Formula Products
  • Report to Manufacturer
    Infant formula manufacturers provide toll-free telephone numbers on the labels of their products and should be notified about problems, complaints, or injuries caused by their products.
  • FDA Problem Reporting (Includes list of consumer complaint coordinators, and when and how to report)