| 9-19-08 | FDA Issues Health Information Advisory on Infant Formula from China |
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Health Information Advisory urging US consumers to avoid all infant formula from China, after several brands sold in that country may have been contaminated with a substance known as melamine, a chemical used in plastics. Although sales of infant formula from China are illegal in the US, FDA officials are concerned that some formula from China may be on sale at ethnic grocery stores here. The FDA stressed there is no risk of contamination to the US domestic supply of infant formula. Melamine in known to cause kidney stones and other serious kidney conditions. The FDA is encouraging physicians to report diagnoses of kidney stones in infants of Chinese ethnicity to FDA MedWatch: http://www.fda.gov/medwatch.com , (1-800-FDA-1088). |
