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FDA Sends Letter Calling for Improved Baby Formula Practices

March 21, 2023

In early March, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a letter to members of the infant formula supply chain. The FDA called on recipients—including manufacturers, distributors, and others, to notify the agency if bacterial pathogens have been detected in their baby formula product samples and to beef up safety practices to prevent and […]

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How Infant Formula Caused the Death of Lillian Peebles

December 22, 2022

Lillian Peebles was born on June 21, 2009, via emergency C-section at 25 weeks. The hospital staff fed Lillian a combination of Enfamil and breast milk, not knowing that the cows-milk-based formula caused necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Lillian became seriously ill and died on July 20, 2009. She was 29 days old. Desiree and William Peebles, […]

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