Gerber Good Start SoothePro infant formula recall announced due to potential bacterial contamination

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Gerber Good Start formula recall overview: 

• Who: Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. has issued a notice over recalled Gerber Good Start SoothePro infant formula. 
• Why: The product was recalled over the potential presence of Cronobacter sakazakii.
• Where: The Gerber Good Start formula is active in the United States.

Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc. has issued recall notice for Gerber Good Start SoothePro infant formula after the product was recalled due to the potential presence of Cronobacter sakazakii.

The notice was published May 14 on the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) website after an earlier notice on March 17 in which the Perrigo Co. issued a voluntary recall of certain lots of Gerber Good Start SootheProTM Powdered Infant Formula in the U.S.

The recall applies to Gerber Good Start SootheProTM Powdered Infant Formula manufactured at the company’s Gateway Eau Claire, Wisconsin, manufacturing facility from Jan. 2 to 18, 2023. 

According to the May 14 notice, Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) was releasing the updated notice as some of the recalled infant formula was distributed to its Nashville retailers after the initial recall was issued. AWG is a cooperative food wholesaler distributing to independently owned supermarkets. 

Consumer in certain states should check their infant formula batches

The recalled product was distributed from AWG’s Nashville Division to independent retailers in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

It was sold under the following retail banners: Belle Foods, Bellview Price Cutter, Booneville Shopwise, Brown County IGA, Buehler’s, Buehler’s Cash Saver, Buehler’s IGA, Camridge City Market, Campbell’s Market, Camron’s Foodliner, Cash Saver, Cash Saver Harlan, Chappell’s Hometown, Country Mart, Crossroads IGA, Food City, Food Giant, Food World, Foodland, Frabergs Foods, Fresh N Low, Gallion’s Market, Gregerson’s Cash Saver, Hilltop Cee Bee, Hometown IGA, Houchen’s, Howard’s IGA, Laurel Grocery Company, Liberty IGA, Market Place, Noble’s IGA, Parkview IGA, Noble’s IGA, Parkview IGA, Piggly Wiggly, Piggly Wiggly Warrior, Price Cutter, Price Less Foods, Price Less IGA, Quality Foods, Riesbeck’s, Rivertown IGA, Simpson’s Supermarket, Spencer Cash Saver, Stop to Save, Sureway, Sureway Henderson, Swafford and Sons IGA, Tietgens Mt. Pleasant IGA, Valu Market, Versailles IGA, Vevay IGA, Village Market & Café, Walnut Creek Country Market, Winburn Fruit Market and Woodruff’s Supermarket.

Consumers who purchased this product through these retail locations in these states are urged to check any product they may have at home against the product codes found here. 

Any consumers who purchased formula with matching codes should discontinue use and dispose of the product. Consumers can request refunds for impacted products. 

In March, the FDA issued a call to action to baby formula companies following a rash of Cronobacter illnesses among infants in late 2021 and early 2022. 

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