FDA Commissioner Robert Califf refused to answer questions from lawmakers Thursday about why it took the agency months to respond to reports of infant illnesses and a whistleblower complaint regarding the infant formula plant at the heart of the current formula shortage, Politico reports.
“We have an ongoing investigation about the details of exactly what happened, from point A to point B along the way, and since it is ongoing, I can’t give extensively more details on that part of it,” Califf said during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing.
The agency’s lag in action spans several months. FDA was told of the first infant hospitalization linked to formula made at an Abbott Nutrition plant in September. Top agency officials were sent a detailed whistleblower document in October, which alleged that the plant, in Sturgis, Mich., had poor food safety practices and that officials there had falsified documents and intentionally hid things from FDA inspectors. The FDA did not interview the whistleblower until December. Three more reports of infant hospitalizations, including two deaths, were reported to FDA before the agency inspected the plant in late January, when inspectors found major food safety problems and five strains of Cronobacter sakazakii, the bacteria that had sickened the four infants, though the strains of bacteria found at the plant did not match the two cases the government was able to test. FDA also found Cronobacter in an opened can of formula, which didn’t match the plant strains. A sweeping recall was issued in mid-February. Read more at Politico.
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What should the FDA tell Congress? That they put dangerous chemicals in there to harm babies?
Exactly. And we’re supposed to believe these stinking thugs at the FDA that vaccines are all safe?! Anyone that disagree’s with the corrupt FDA is a conspiracy nutcase? A disinformation disseminator?
It is par for the course !
Government agency’s [Especially the ones that are for public safety] have a way of making things that should take a week, take many months.
As Reagan famously said; the scariest phrase in the English language is ” we are from the Government, & we are here to help”.
Truckers who deliver for food manufacturing plants allegedly didn’t abide by road safety rules.
Hundreds of miles away four people suffered broken bones from falling from ladders in their homes.
To prevent broken bones from falling off ladders, take away the truckers’ drivers licenses.