hayes, to the hospital after his fever suddenly spiked and he had blood in his diaper. you could hear it, like, the formula going through, and just going straight through his stomach. reporter: caselli says she took these pictures of similac baby formula just before the doctors gave his diagnosis, salmonellaa. i was like, how does that happen. reporter: four months later a potential answer. that formula is among the four now-recalled types of powder baby formula, all made by abbott labs, in its sturgis, michigan, plant. early in september of 2021, there were complaints to the f.d.a. so when you have these kinds of outbreaks you need a trusted manufacturer that consumers depend, to act rapidly, responsibly. reporter: in this statement to cbs news, abbott says stored samples of the recalled batches tested negative. and that at this time, the cause of the infants infections have
supreme court nominee ketanji brown jackson will begin on monday, march 21. the nominee was on capitol hill today meeting with senators. the hearings will last four days, including two days of questioning by senators. if confirmed, judge jackson would be the first black woman on the supreme court. we want to turn now to an important cbs news investigation into powdered baby formulas that the f.d.a. is advising consumers to avoid. this follows at least five infant illnesses, including possibly two deaths. cbs news has learned at least eight additional babies have allegedly gotten sick, all from what their family s lawyer tells us was powdered formula made at abbott nutrition plant in sturgis, michigan, which has had problems in the past. here is nikki battiste. i was panicked, i was crying. i doctors didn t know what was going on. it was judge it was unreal. reporter: natalie caselli and tyler rowland say in late october they rushed their son,
not been determined. how could they have missed this if in fact their baby formula wason of contaminated. unfortunately, we often do find there are shortcuts. there was carelessness, there was oversight. reporter: during an f.d.a. inspection of the sturgis plant in september, it issued five citations. during another inspection, the f.d.a. found several positive results from environmental samples and a review of abbott s internal documents by the f.d.a. indicate abbott previously destroyed formula due to this contamination. it s horrific to hear that this happened. and now there are two baby i don t want to start crying, but there are two babies that have died. that s really sad. reporter: baby hayes is now six months scpold doing well. the f.d.a. says it continues to investigate the complaints. i asked the f.d.a. this morning when its own tests of the abbott