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The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a new report of another child’s death after consuming Abbott Laboratories ’ baby formula, the agency said Wednesday. The FDA said it learned about the death, which occurred in January, from a consumer complaint it received on June 10. The FDA said its investigation is in preliminary stages, and it will provide an update as it learns more. The FDA didn’t say which Abbott formula the baby had…

Abbott Laboratoriessaid it has paused baby-formula production at its plant in Sturgis, Mich., after recent thunderstorms flooded part of the facility, causing another setback for the company’s efforts to help alleviate a nationwide formula shortage.Abbott said Wednesday that it had stopped production of its EleCare specialty formula, which it had recently restarted, so it could assess damage from the storms and clean the plant. The halt will delay distribution of new product by a few weeks, the company said. Abbott…

Shelves normally meant for baby formula sit nearly empty at a store in downtown Washington, DC, on May 22, 2022.Samuel Corum | AFP | Getty ImagesAbbott Nutrition on Saturday resumed baby formula production at its Sturgis, Michigan, plant, a move toward addressing a nationwide shortage.The company has been given the green light from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after meeting "initial requirements" as part of a May 16 consent decree.The company said it will restart the production of EleCare, a formula for children…

The head of the Food and Drug Administration and executives from the infant formula industry are set to answer questions from House lawmakers Wednesday about the nationwide shortage that has left parents struggling to find food for their infants.The House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee hearing will begin at 11 a.m. Lawmakers will question FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, FDA food policy chief Frank Yiannis, and the director of the FDA's food safety center Susan Mayne during the first portion of the hearing.The…

Provided by Christine Gamage/Telluride Autumn ClassicSteven Abbott Smith opened Telluride Distilling Co. 2015 with his wife Joanna Smith. Abbott, as friends knew him, died May 21, 2022 in a motorcycle accident. The co-founder of Telluride’s namesake distillery died over the weekend after being involved in a motorcycle accident, Mountain Village Police announced Sunday. According to a statement issued by police, Steven Abbott Smith, a Mountain Village resident and co-owner of Telluride Distilling Co., was on his way home…

Abbott Laboratories will release about 300,000 cans of a specialty infant formula for children in urgent medical need, while U.S. health regulators cleared the import of about 2 million cans of formula from the U.K. to try to mitigate a shortage. Abbott, of Abbott Park, Ill., said Tuesday it is releasing limited quantities of EleCare, an amino acid-based powder for infants with severe food allergies or gastrointestinal disorders. The company…

The Abbott manufacturing facility in Sturgis, Michigan, on May 13, 2022.Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty ImagesAbbott Laboratories CEO Robert Ford apologized Saturday in a new op-ed for his company's role in a nationwide shortage of baby formula, which this week moved Congress and the Biden administration to take emergency actions to alleviate it.Ford also detailed steps the company is taking to stem the shortage, and vowed, "We are making significant investments to ensure this never happens again."Ford's apology in a…

The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday opened an investigation into Abbott Labs, the company at the center of a baby formula shortage in the U.S.Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., sent a letter to CEO Robert Ford requesting information on Abbott's international tax practices and $8 billion in stock buybacks the company has authorized since 2019.Wyden also requested information on how much money Abbott spent to upgrade an infant formula plant in Sturgis, Mich. prior to its closure due to bacterial contamination…

A woman shops for baby formula at Target in Annapolis, Maryland, on May 16, 2022, as a nationwide shortage of baby formula continues due to supply chain crunches tied to the coronavirus pandemic that have already strained the countrys formula stock, an issue that was further exacerbated by a major product recall in February.Jim Watson | AFP | Getty ImagesAbbott has reached an agreement with the Food and Drug Administration to reopen its manufacturing plant in Michigan to help ease a nationwide shortage of baby formula,…

Baby formula is offered for sale at a big box store on January 13, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesThe U.S. will increase baby formula imports as part of an effort to ease a nationwide shortage, senior Biden administration officials said on Thursday.The scarcity of formula was triggered in part by the closure of a Michigan manufacturing plant after two infants who consumed its products caught bacterial infections and died.The Food and Drug Administration will announce specific actions to boost formula…