The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that a baby formula maker issued a voluntary recall of its formula after it found the “potential for cross-contamination” with a potentially deadly bacteria.
The recall involves ByHeart’s Whole Nutrition Infant Formula, which was initiated after a sample conducted by a third-party packager found Cronobacter sakazakii, according to the FDA. The firm said that no product that was distributed had tested positive for the bacteria.
Cronobacter strains can cause life-threatening infections such as meningitis—or inflammation of the membranes around the brain and spine—or sepsis, which is a medical emergency in which the body’s reaction to an infection causes damage to tissues….