On the evening of February 21, abbott's official flagship store customer service responded, "This recall is only a voluntary preventive recall... Among the products voluntarily recalled, except for Xikang Baby Tim Baby Nutritional Supplement, abbott China's other nutritional products sold in mainland China are not affected. ”
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On February 18, Abbott China's official website issued a recall announcement, affected by the voluntary recall of Abbott Nutrition in the United States, from now until April 1, 2022, Abbott China voluntarily recalled the shelf life of Xikang Baby Tim Baby Supplement products produced at the Sturgis plant in Michigan nationwide from April 1, 2022 (inclusive) to April 1, 2023 (inclusive).
According to the information on Abbott China's official website, Xikang Baby Tim is a nutritional supplement for babies for special medical purposes, please use it under the guidance of a doctor or clinical dietitian.
Screenshot source: Abbott China official website
According to the announcement of the General Administration of Customs, on February 18, 2022, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is investigating the complaints of four infants infected with Cronobacter sakazaki and Salmonella Nyhacillus. The FDA said all four babies reportedly consumed milk powder (brands including Similac, Alimentum and EleCare) produced at Abbott's Sturgis, Michigan facility (registration number 1815692).
According to the General Administration of Customs, Sakazaki Cronobacter infection may cause meningitis, sepsis or necrotizing colitis in preterm infants, low birth weight infants, and immunocompromised infants, and the mortality rate caused by enterobacter Sakazaki can reach 40-50%. Salmonella is an intestinal pathogenic bacteria, divided into Salmonella typhi, Salmonella paratyphi and non-Typhi Salmonella and other types, different types of Salmonella can cause typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, fever, abdominal pain and so on.
The General Administration of Customs said that after verification, the infant formula products involved were not exported to China through general trade; the special medical products produced by the enterprises involved, Similac HMFortifi Baby Tim baby nutritional supplements for special medical purposes, had export records to China, and Abbott China has launched an independent recall.
On the evening of the 21st, Zhongxin Jingwei consulted Abbott's official flagship store on this matter, and the store's customer service responded, "Abbott always puts consumer health and safety first, and each batch of infant formula milk powder will be subject to in-depth quality inspection, and the inspection results can only be shipped after leaving the factory, and this recall is only a voluntary preventive recall." ”
The customer service said, "Among the products in this voluntary recall, except for Xikang Baby Tim baby nutritional supplements, other nutritional products sold by Abbott China in mainland China are not affected." ”
According to the Beijing Youth Daily, Abbott said that if the user has purchased the American version of Similik, Alimentum, Elecare powdered products produced at the Sturgis factory in Michigan, Michigan, through non-general trade channels (such as cross-border e-commerce and haitao), please do not eat it for the time being, and contact the purchased platform for return and exchange, including the first two digits of the product code are numbers 22 to 37; the code on the container contains K8, SH or Z2 The shelf life is from and after April 1, 2022 (inclusive). (Zhongxin Jingwei APP)