Recently, Abbott announced the recall of 3 infant formulas, of which the mainland market involves The Product of Heycom Baby Baby Supplement.
If you don't know if there is a problem with the milk powder you buy, you can test it through the following three methods:
Method 1: Look at the product number:
The first two digits of the product code are the numbers 22 to 37
The code on the container contains K8, SH, or Z2
Shelf life is April 1, 2022 and later
As shown in the following figure:
Method 2: Click on abbott's official website to inquire.
The URL is https://www.similacrecall.com/us/en/product-lookup.html
Method 3: Call Abbott China's official customer service hotline 4008206111 for consultation.
Abbott's milk powder incident stemmed from the INVESTIGATION of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after receiving complaints from the public that four babies in the United States were infected with Cronobacter and Salmonella, and the four babies were hospitalized after infection, and one of the young babies had died, and the four babies had all consumed milk powder produced by Abbott's Sturges, Michigan factory, including Similac, Alimentum and EleCare.
Abbott also said in the announcement that Enterobacter sakazaki was found in the non-product contact area of the Michigan plant, but there is no evidence of Salmonella and is still under investigation.
What exactly are these two germs? What are the effects of infection on your child?
Enterobacter sakazaki is an important foodborne condition pathogen that has been detected in soil, water, infant milk powder, cheese, cured meat, vegetables, rice, bread, etc., and has a strong reproductive capacity, especially in summer.
Enterobacter sakazaki may cause meningitis, bacteremia and necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants, low birth weight infants, and infants with low immunity, with a fatality rate of 40-50%, which is an important condition for infant death. Therefore, the mainland's "National Standard for Food Safety Infant Formula" (GB17065) and the "National Standard for Food Safety General Rules for Infant Formula for Special Medical Purposes" stipulate that infant formula and infant formula for special medical purposes cannot have the presence of Enterobacter sakazaki.
Salmonella is an intestinal pathogenic bacteria, infected people will have diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps and other symptoms, more serious will also cause high fever, rash, blood in the stool, and even life-threatening, especially in infants and young children weak resistance, more harmful, so in infant formula and special medical use of infant formula, can not exist.
I know that Abbott's milk powder incident has caused a lot of panic, but parents are not too anxious, if the child has accidentally eaten unqualified products, and there is irritability, body temperature changes, jaundice (yellow skin and white eyes), shortness of breath, abnormal movements and other symptoms, must be rushed to the hospital for examination.
If the child does not have any adverse reactions for the time being, parents should not take it lightly, pay attention to observe the child's mental state, appetite, stool and other physical conditions, if the child's mental state is good, appetite is normal, stool is normal, you can continue to observe.
If parents are really not at ease, they can also go to the hospital for a check-up.
Finally, we remind everyone to be more attentive when choosing products for children, and we are more expected to strengthen the control of this aspect and create a more healthy growth environment for our children.