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Article: COMMISSIONER IRVIN ALERTS GEORGIANS TO FDA ADVISORY ON INFANT FORMULA FROM CHINA
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 12, 2008
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The Georgia Department of Agriculture issued the following news release:
Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin is alerting Georgians to a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory instructing caregivers not to feed infant formula manufactured in China to infants due to possible contamination.
"Do not feed Chinese manufactured formula to infants," Commissioner Irvin said. "Heed the advisory from FDA and use formula approved for sale in the United States. Our inspectors will be assisting FDA in removing any of the formula found on store shelves in Georgia."
It has been reported that a number of infants in China who have consumed Chinese manufactured infant formula are suffering from kidney ...