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The dangerous bacteria that sparked powdered formula recalls and shortages last year has infected two babies this year, killing a Kentucky child and causing brain damage in a Missouri infant.
The same type of bacteria led federal investigators to shut down an Abbott formula plant in Sturgis, Michigan, last year.
Six-week-old Mira White was diagnosed in early March with a brain infection caused by the bacteria, which was detected in an open container of Similac NeoSure.
A Kentucky child is dead and a Missouri infant has brain damage from the same kind of bacteria that sparked powdered formula recalls and shortages last year. The Food and
Federal health officials confirmed Thursday that 2 cases of invasive infections caused by cronobacter sakazakii have been reported.