Production of baby formula has resumed at the Abbott Nutrition factory in Michigan, a company spokesman says.
Jeff Kowalsky / AFP via Getty Images fileProduction of baby formula has resumed at the Abbott Nutrition factory in Michigan whose February shutdown over contamination contributed to aDamage from severe thunderstorms including flooding had forced the Sturgis plant to halt operations in mid-June just two weeks after restarting production with additional sanitizing and safety protocols.
“We are working to restart Similac production as soon as we can. We’ll provide more information when we have it,” he said via email. President Joe Biden’s administration has since eased import rules for foreign manufacturers, airlifted formula from Europe and invoked federal emergency rules to prioritize U.S. production.
The plant was closed in February after the Food and Drug Administration began investigating four bacterial infections among infants who consumed powdered formula from the plant. Two of the babies died. The company says its products have not been directly linked to the infections, which involved different bacterial strains.
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