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Infant Formula
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The Daily Intake
Canada Adds Silicon Dioxide to List of Permitted Anticaking Agents in Nutrient Pre-mixes for Use in Infant Formula
On October 29, 2026, Health Canada expanded the permitted use of silicon dioxide as an anticaking agent in nutrient pre-mixes for use in infant formula. The change was implemented through…
Food Safety News
Sunday Edition: Hunting season
By Dan Flynn
Quick bites from around the food safety arenaHealth and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the first update of infant formula nutrient requirements in 30 years. However, the announcement…
Marler Blog
ByHeart Is “Discontinued” – But Its Founders Are Buying Perrigo’s Infant Formula Business
By Bill Marler
A hat tip to Anna Edney at Bloomberg News, who has done as much as any reporter in the country to keep infant formula safety in front of the public, for…
The Daily Intake
FDA Proposed Rule on Infant Formula Nutrient Requirements Advances to OIRA Review
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed rule on infant formula nutrient requirements has advanced to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) for review. According…
Food Safety News
Publisher's Platform: Comments sought on FDA petition to add botulism to the infant formula testing list
By Bill Marler
Before I file it, I am asking for comments on a draft citizen petition asking the Food and Drug Administration to require that powdered infant formula, and the dairy ingredients…
Food Safety News
Broad support for EU’s revised cereulide controls in infant formula
The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) was among a dozen groups to comment on plans by the European Commission to introduce cereulide limits for infant formula.USDEC’s main concerns were around…
Marler Blog
Spotlight on America asks the question FDA still hasn’t answered: How did botulism get into infant formula?
By Bill Marler
Lisa Fletcher, Andrea Nejman and Nathan Aaron at Spotlight on America have kept digging on the ByHeart and Nara infant formula botulism outbreaks long after most of the press moved on. Their latest…
Whistleblower Law Collaborative Blog and News
Abbott to Pay $385 Million Over Infant Formula Allegations
Abbott Laboratories, a publicly traded multinational healthcare company, has agreed to pay nearly $385 million to resolve allegations that it knowingly manufactured powder infant formula in unsanitary conditions. The settlement,…
Food Safety News
Potential infant formula illnesses probed in the UK
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) investigated several illness reports linked to a brand of infant formula earlier this year.Officials declined to name the company,…
Marler Blog
Target Denies Responsibility, But We Are Doing All We Can to Protect Babies Against the Next Botulism Outbreak
By Bill Marler
Last Friday, Target told a federal court that it had no duty to ask a single question about the infant formula it sold – even in the middle of a national infant…