Abbott Restarts Production of Specialty Formulas at its Michigan Plant

[Elderberry]

https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/nutrition-health-and-wellness/abbott-update-on-powder-formula-recall.html

Abbott is restarting infant formula production at its Sturgis, Mich., facility today after meeting initial requirements agreed to with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as part of the consent decree entered into on May 16.

Abbott is starting production of EleCare and other specialty and metabolic formulas, with initial EleCare product release to consumers beginning on or about June 20. We're also working hard to fulfill the steps necessary to restart production of Similac and other formulas and will do so as soon as we can.

We understand the urgent need for formula and our top priority is getting high-quality, safe formula into the hands of families across America. We will ramp production as quickly as we can while meeting all requirements. We're committed to safety and quality and will do everything we can to re-earn the trust parents, caregivers and health care providers have placed in us for 130 years.

More at link.

[DB]

Their supply lines have to be broken by now and they must have laid off many of their employees after being shut down for 4 months.

The government wrecking ball in full view.

[libertybele]

I'm glad that they are finally up and running.

Joe said that every family would have formula.  I'm so glad that the idiot and chief is on top of things!

[Cyber Liberty]

I'm glad that they are finally up and running.

Joe said that every family would have formula.  I'm so glad that the idiot and chief is on top of things!

My family has no need for any formula....

[libertybele]

My family has no need for any formula....

Nope, nor ours.  Joe thinks he's scoring some points.

BTW, interesting avatar (still trying to figure it out).

[Cyber Liberty]

Nope, nor ours.  Joe thinks he's scoring some points.

BTW, interesting avatar (still trying to figure it out).

An umbrella held by a Man and Wife protecting their children from the onslaught of Pride Month propaganda.

[libertybele]

An umbrella held by a Man and Wife protecting their children from the onslaught of Pride Month propaganda.

Gottcha .... I figured out the Pride Month, but wasn't quite sure about the rest of it. 

Wasn't it Bammy that declared June as pride month -- and lighting up the WH??

[Hoodat]

ABBOTT ENTERS INTO CONSENT DECREE WITH U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOR ITS STURGIS, MICH., PLANT; AGREEMENT CREATES PATHWAY TO REOPEN FACILITY

Detailed Findings of Investigation
After a thorough investigation by FDA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Abbott, and review of all available data, there is no conclusive evidence to link Abbott's formulas to these infant illnesses. Specifically:

• CDC concluded its investigation with no findings of a link between Abbott formulas and infant illnesses.
  
• Abbott conducts microbiological testing on products prior to distribution and no Abbott formula distributed to consumers tested positive for Cronobacter sakazakiior Salmonella.
  
• All retained product tested by Abbott and the FDA during the inspection of the facility came back negative for Cronobacter sakazakii and/or Salmonella. No Salmonella was found at the Sturgis facility.
  
• The Cronobacter sakazakii that was found in environmental testing during the investigation was in non-product contact areas of the facility and has not been linked to any known infant illness.
  
• Genetic sequencing on the two available samples from ill infants did not match the strains of Cronobacter sakazakii found in our plant. Samples from ill infants did not match each other, which means there was no connection between the two cases.
  
• In all four cases, the state, FDA and/or CDC tested samples of the Abbott formula that was used by the child. In all four cases, all unopened containers tested negative.
  
• Open containers from the homes of the infants were also tested in three of the four cases; two of the three tested negative. The one positive was from an open container from the home of the infant, and it tested positive for two different strains of Cronobacter sakazakii, one of which matched the strain that caused the infant's infection, and the other matched a strain found on a bottle of distilled water in the home used to mix the formula. Again, neither strain matched strains found in our plant.
  
• The infants consumed four different types of our formula made over the course of nearly a year and the illnesses took place over several months in three different states.
  

.  .  .
https://abbott.mediaroom.com/2022-05-16-Abbott-Enters-into-Consent-Decree-with-U-S-Food-and-Drug-Administration-for-its-Sturgis,-Mich-,-Plant-Agreement-Creates-Pathway-to-Reopen-Facility


So can someone explain why the FDA closed this plant down for over 100 days after publicly admitting weeks ago the points above?

[Smokin Joe]

My family has no need for any formula....

Mine, either, well except the great-grandkids...

But it's nice to know the teat has been turned back on by the Goobermint.