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Infant Formula
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Marler Blog
Enterobacter sakazakii: Infections Associated with Powdered Infant Formula
Enterobacter sakazakii is a gram-negative rod-shaped bacterium within the family Enterobacteriaceae. The organism was called "yellow-pigmented Enterobacter cloacae" until 1980 when it was renamed Enterobacter sakazakii. The majority of cases…
Food Poison Journal
Enterobacter sakazakii: Infections Associated with Powdered Infant Formula
By Bill Marler
Enterobacter sakazakii is a gram-negative, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium within the family Enterobacteriaceae. The organism was called "yellow-pigmented Enterobacter cloacae" until 1980 when it was renamed Enterobacter sakazakii. (1) In the…
Food Poison Journal
FDA WARNS ABOUT POSSIBLE ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII INFECTIONS IN HOSPITALIZED NEWBORNS FED POWDERED INFANT FORMULAS
On April 12, 2002, the FDA alerted health care professionals about the risk of Enterobacter sakazakii (E.sakazakii) infections in hospitalized newborn infants, particularly premature infants or other immuno-compromised infants fed…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Nestlé Flouts WHO-Ratified Code Prohibiting Marketing of Infant Formula Directly to Mothers
Via the Guardian Unlimited (UK):Thirty years after a boycott of Nestlé products was launched to highlight its unethical marketing of baby formula in developing countries, baby formula manufacturers are still…
Food Poison Journal
Baby’s sickness, recalled formula possibly related
Joanna Larez of the Greeley Tribune reports that Nelly Morales had given her baby almost two full cans of formula before she heard about traces of metal that might be…