On 23 Dec 2004 at 22:31, Janice Reynolds wrote:

> From the Hong Kong website:  news.gov.kk
> 
> http://www3.news.gov.hk/isd/ebulletin/en/category/healthandcommunity/0
> 41223/ html/041223en05003.htm Your shorter link is:
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?S4401291A
> 
> Infant formula powder recalled

Thank you Janice. For those of you who are interested I have quite 
some information on the French cases. The Hong Kong press release 
only mentions four children, there are at least 9 infections with 
enterobacter sakazakii. From the press release of the French Health 
authorities, which can be found in French at 
http://www.sante.gouv.fr/htm/actu/31_041217b.htm and 
http://www.sante.gouv.fr/htm/actu/31_041210.htm
I translate a section of the second press release of 17 december:

---Quote--- my translation ----
The laboratory of Mead Johnson Nutritionals, in accord with the 
health authorities, today proceeds to recall all lots of Pregestimil 
present on the national market.
No box of Pregestimil must be used.
This decision follows the description to date of four cases of 
infections, of which two have died, as well as five cases of the 
digestive system by the bacteria Enterobacter sakazakii. The results 
of epidemiological research show that it is about premature newborns 
all hospitalised in Neonate units, of which 8 have in common that 
they were fed with Pregestimil. No new deaths have been described 
since the three first lotes were recalled on December 10, 2004. 
---Unquote--- my translation ---

Thanks to you I checked their site again and found a new press 
release of yesterday evening: 
http://www.sante.gouv.fr/htm/actu/31_041223b.htm

This press release advises on which products may be used as a 
substitute.
From parents forums I understand that to date many parents are 
insecure on what to do. Quite a number of them complain that their 
relatively older children (6-18 months of age, from the top of my 
head) have had stinking and weird looking bowel movements the last 
couple of months and changing formula was the only thing that helped. 
They also complain that the docters didn't know about the recall when 
they went to hospital on about dec. 11/12 with a feverish young 
infant on pregestimil.

-- 
Heleen Hayes
www.xs4all.nl/~hhayes

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