The withdrawal was carried out voluntarily by one of the largest retail network in the United States, namely Walmart. Type of milk is drawn Enfamil Mead Johnson Nutrition Newborn-made packaging only 12.5 ounces and are not sold at Walmart.
So far there is no pressure from the local health authority to make withdrawals, even the initial examination by Mead Johnson Nutrition showed no bacterial contamination. Even so, health authorities are still awaiting some additional test results to be sure.
Withdrawals made by the supermarket chain Walmart across the United States following the deaths of infants aged 10 days at Avery Cornett, City of Lebanon in southern Missouri. Believed the baby died because of contaminated milk is consumed.
Not mentioned types of bacteria, only to say that the bacteria normally found in the neighborhood and in the adult food such as rice and wheat. But when polluting the formula, then the impact can be fatal in infants.
After the case, in the adjacent second victim, who was a baby appears again in Missouri. The second infant formula milk poisoning was reported ill, but better a few days later after receiving treatment in hospital.
"We decided to pull this product until the testing is completed. Consumers who have purchased can be returned to our stores," said Dianna Gee, a spokesman for Walmart as quoted by ABC News, Friday (12/23/2011).
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