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• FDA Launches New Study Focusing on Infant Formula Industry Following Recalls, Shortages

  May 31, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA has announced that the National Academies will launch an independent study of the infant formula industry in the U.S. in the wake of a recent Similac recall which led to a national shortage.

• Similac Recall Class Action Lawsuits Dismissed By Federal Judge, But Individual Injury Claims Allowed to Proceed

  May 26, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has dismissed all Similac recall class action lawsuits, while allowing individual injury claims to proceed.

• Papa Murphy’s Raw Cookie Dough Linked to Multistate Salmonella Food Poisoning Outbreak

  May 25, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  The CDC warns that a salmonella food poisoning outbreak is likely linked to raw dough products sold by Papa Murphy’s Take ‘N’ Bake Pizza stores.

• Epidemiologists Weigh Adding Cronobacter to Disease Watch List Following Similac Infant Formula Recall

  May 11, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  A group of state health care experts is expected to advise the CDC to add cronobacter to a national disease watch list which would require all incidents of the disease be reported to the agency.

• Salmonella Outbreak from Recalled Flour Has Sickened At Least 13 People in 12 States: CDC

  May 2, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

• Gold Medal Flour Recall Issued Over Salmonella Poisoning Risks

  May 1, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

• Similac Recall Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over Contaminated Infant Formula

  February 8, 2023

  Irvin Jackson

  A Similac recall class action lawsuit claims parents who bought contaminated infant formula should get a full or partial refund.

• FDA Food Division Too Afraid of Confronting Industry to Protect Public Health, Review Finds

  December 8, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  A new report outlines a host of changes the FDA needs to make to its Human Foods Program to protect public health.

• Senator Questions Abbott for Covering Up Infant Formula Cronobacter Problems With Aggressive Legal Tactics

  October 14, 2022

  Irvin Jackson

  A letter by Senator Elizabeth Warren accuses Abbott Laboratories of hiding previous infant formula cronobacter problems through aggressive legal tactics.

• Food Poisoning Illnesses Decreased in Recent Years: CDC

  October 7, 2022

  Russell Maas

  A CDC report indicates food poisoning incidents dropped in recent years, but that may have been due to the effects of the pandemic, the researchers warn.