2nd infection reported amid infant formula probe

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Authorities investigating a possible link between the death of a Missouri newborn and the formula powder he was fed say another baby in the state may have contracted a rare bacterial infection after consuming prepared formula.

Ten-day-old Avery Cornett died Sunday after he was fed Enfamil Newborn powder bought at a Walmart in the southern Missouri town of Lebanon.

Wal-Mart subsequently pulled a batch of the infant formula from more than 3,000 of its stores. The government has not requested a voluntary recall.

Wal-Mart pulls powdered infant formula after baby dies
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The Missouri Department of Health said in a statement released Monday that preliminary tests indicate another infant was infected with Cronobacter sakazakii bacteria within the past month, but recovered.

The department did not identify the brand of formula consumed by the baby who survived the infection.

The World Health Organization's powdered infant formula guidelines can be found here.

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[visitrubyfalls]

Lerianis4, your post is full of BS! MOST women DO make enough breastmilk, it just may not come in for a few days after the baby is born. And NO formula is healther than breastmilk. American women are just too lazy, busy, immature, and ignorant of the many benefits of breastfeeding.

[longtree-2009]

why don't mothers breast feed a child anymore? why all the reliance on artificial formulas, powders and what not? aren't there studies that prove breast feeding is the best way to go for a baby?

[Lerianis4]

Because many woman don't make enough milk for baby today, to be blunt on the matter. Also, many times formula is actually more healthy for babies after the first week or so, when the 'special' milk that is laden with antibodies and other things disappears.