Important Announcement for Moms with Infants!!

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EnfaCare LIPIL Infant Formula Powder Recall

 

EVANSVILLE, IND., January 9, 2003

 

Mead Johnson Nutritionals, in keeping with our

commitment to provide

safe and healthy nutritional products, is initiating a

voluntary recall

of 505 cases of EnfaCare LIPIL 12.9 ounce powdered

infant formula. The

cases and cans are coded BME01, with an expiration

date of January 1,

2004 (embossed 1JAN04). This voluntary recall is being

initiated because

the product is contaminated with Enterobacter

sakazakii (E. sakazakii).

 

E. sakazakii, commonly found in the environment, is a

food-borne

pathogen that can, in rare cases, cause sepsis

(bacteria in the blood),

meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain),

or necrotizing

enterocolitis (severe intestinal infection) in newborn

infants, particularly

premature infants, or infants with weakened immune

systems. We are

unaware of any reports of illness associated with E.

sakazakii as a result

of feeding infants product from batch BME01; however,

product from batch

BME01 should not be used.

 

EnfaCare LIPIL is a formula for infants with

conditions such as

prematurity. Five hundred five cases from this batch

were shipped to

hospitals, retail stores and WIC clinics nationwide

during December 2002. No

other batches of EnfaCare LIPIL are affected.

 

Parents who have EnfaCare LIPIL infant formula powder

with batch code

BME01 embossed on the bottom, as well as consumers or

health care

professionals with questions regarding this situation,

may call the Mead

Johnson Consumer Resource Center at 1-888-587-7275.

 

 

 

 

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