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Infant Formula
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Marler Blog
Botulism T-Shirts, and Four Unanswered Letters, Go to Capitol Hill Wednesday and Thursday
By Bill Marler
On Wednesday, September 16, and Thursday, September 17, we will be walking the Senate and House office buildings with two things for every member and staff of the Senate Committee…
Food Safety News
Abbott to pay almost $385 million to settle false claims allegation about infant formula
By Coral Beach
Saying that the nation’s food supply is non-negotiable, the Department of Justice announced a settlement with Abbott Laboratories for more than $384 million related to the 2022 infant formula crisis.The…
Marler Blog
Abbott Is Selling Sterility as a Feature. In Liquid Formula It Is Already the Rule.
By Bill Marler
On August 31, 2026, Abbott announced Similac 360 Total Care Made With Whole Milk, the first and only commercially sterile, ready-to-feed liquid infant formula made with whole milk sold in the United…
The Daily Intake
Regan-Udall Foundation Report Provides Recommendations Related to Infant Formula Safety
The Reagan-Udall Foundation recently released a report summarizing lessons learned following investigations into 2025 and 2026 infant formula recalls due to the presence of Clostridium botulinum (C. botulinum). The report…
Marler Blog
The 2023 to 2025 ByHeart Infant Formula Outbreak
By Bill Marler
Extraordinary Circumstances Infant botulism is normally sporadic; most cases involve one infant, one household, and no single identified commercial source. Bacterial spores are widely present in soil and dust around…
Marler Blog
ByHeart and the Dairy Industry Paid for a Report on the Formula Botulism Outbreaks. It Has 22 Recommendations, No Parent in the Room, and No Rule.
By Bill Marler
The Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA has published Applying the Science of Infant Formula Safety, a 44-page report on a July 13, 2026 roundtable about Clostridium botulinum in powdered infant formula. Two lines…
Botulism Blog
Nara Organics Says It Will Sell Infant Formula Again. Four Babies Were Hospitalized With Botulism From Its Last Formula, and FDA Matched One of Them to the ByHeart Outbreak. What Parents Should Know Before Buying It.
By Bill Marler
Nara Organics posted an update on August 27, 2026, the same day the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the infant botulism outbreak linked…
Marler Blog
Nara Organics Says It Will Sell Baby Formula Again. Read What It Left Out.
By Bill Marler
On August 27, the same day FDA and CDC declared the Nara Organics infant botulism outbreak over, the company posted an update announcing that it plans to bring its formula back to…
Missouri Lawyers Media
Abbott settles preterm infant formula lawsuits for $670M
By Reuters
The Abbott Laboratories logo is displayed on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo)By Dietrich Knauth, Reuters//August 21, 2026// Listen to…
Marler Blog
A Strongly Worded Letter Will Not Keep Botulism Out of a Baby’s Bottle
By Bill Marler
Today the FDA called on the infant formula industry to do a better job guarding against contaminants that come in through their supply chains. Read that again. Called on. Not required. Not ordered.…