- poor feeding
- irritability
- temperature changes
- jaundice, grunting breaths
- abnormal body movements
- lethargy
- rash or blood in the urine or stool
If your infant is experiencing such symptoms, contact your child’s health care provider to report them and to receive immediate care, the FDA advises.
Infant formula is the only source of nutrition for many newborns and infants, and the recall may affect the availability of certain types of infant formula, the agency notes.
It said it is working with Abbott Nutrition on the safe resumption of production in Sturgis, assessing production capacity at other Abbott facilities and asking other infant formula makers about their production capacity.
Protecting your infant
The FDA says parents and caregivers should not make or feed homemade formula to infants because recipes for them have not been evaluated by the agency and may lack nutrients vital to an infant’s growth.
If your regular formula is not available, contact your child’s health care provider for recommendations on changing feeding practices, the FDA says.
If you get infant formula through WIC (the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children), do not throw the formula out.
Instead, take it to the store for a refund/exchange or call Abbott Nutrition at 800-986-8540. WIC recipients should be able to obtain a different brand of similar formula. Contact your local WIC clinic for further assistance.