Executive Summary

BMS subsidiary initiates voluntary recall of 505 cases of EnfaCare LIPIL 12.9 oz. powdered formula due to contamination with Enterobacter sakazakii bacteria, FDA announces Jan. 9. Cases and cans are coded BME01, with an expiration date of Jan. 1, 2004, and were shipped to hospitals, retail stores and Women, Infant & Children clinics nationwide, firm says. Mead Johnson notes it has not received adverse event reports associated with the batch; E. sakazakii has been linked to rare cases of sepsis, meningitis, necrotizing enterocolitis in newborn infants. Bacteria has posed problems for several powdered infant formula manufacturers in the past; both Mead and Wyeth recalled formula in 2002...