Similac Class Action Says Baby Formula Not Safe for Infants

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Similac Baby Formula Class Action Lawsuit Overview:

• Who: The plaintiff filed a class action lawsuit against Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
• Why: Abbott deceptively promotes Similac baby formula products as safe for infant consumption, according to the class action lawsuit.
• Where: The lawsuit was filed in South Carolina federal court.

A South Carolina woman has filed a class action lawsuit against Abbott Laboratories Inc., alleging the company deceptively marketed its Similac, Alimentum and Elecare brand infant formula as safe for infant consumption.

In reality, the baby formula products can cause serious health problems, such as bacterial infections and gastrointestinal illnesses, according to the class action lawsuit.

Baby Formula Deceptively Marketed as Safe, Similac Class Action Says

Similac baby formula is marketed as “nutrition you can trust” and promises to “help keep your baby fed, happy and healthy,” the plaintiff alleges.

“But recent testing at one of Abbott Nutrition’s manufacturing facilities tells a different story – one of broken promises, mistrust and concealment,” according to the Similac class action lawsuit.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reportedly received consumer complaints of cronobacter sakazakii and salmonella infections. An investigation confirmed that environmental samples taken from Abbott’s facility in Sturgis, Michigan, had several positive cronobacter sakazakii results.

The Similac Alimentum class action lawsuit points to a Feb. 18 Politico article that reported the FDA first received a report of foodborne illness potentially linked to Abbott baby formula in September after four babies were reportedly hospitalized and one died. 

Similac, Alimentum and Elecare baby formula products were recalled due to possible contamination in February 2022. Senators Patty Murray and Bob Casey are demanding information from Abbott regarding the recalled baby formula.

“It is completely unacceptable that manufacturing conditions allowed a contaminated product to reach babies, and that it took months for the company to act to warn parents and caregivers about this danger,” the senators wrote to Abbott CEO and chair Robert Ford.

Similac Class Action Says Formula Caused Gastrointestinal Issues

The plaintiff says she purchased Similac Alimentum baby formula for her infant in January. After her child consumed the tainted formula, the baby allegedly developed gastrointestinal issues, including overwhelming diarrhea, abdominal pain, severe diaper rash, dehydration, sleeplessness and other injuries.

The child continues to suffer gastrointestinal and bowel problems, the plaintiff says.

“[The] plaintiff incurred and will continue to incur medical expenses, has suffered and will continue to suffer pain, loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress, and medical problems in the future as a direct and proximate result of her ingestion of the contaminated baby formula,” the class action lawsuit alleges.

The plaintiff says she would not have purchased the Similac Alimentum infant formula if she had known the true nature of the harmful chemicals it contained.

The Similac Alimentum class action lawsuit asserts claims for breach of express warranty, breach of implied warranty, fraudulent concealment, unjust enrichment, breach of the implied warranty of merchantability, failure to warn and design defect. 

Abbott is facing another contaminated baby formula class action lawsuit in Florida federal court.

Did your child become sick after consuming recalled Abbott baby formula? Learn more about your legal options here.

The plaintiff is represented by Paul Doolittle, Eric M. Poulin, Roy T. Willey IV and Blake G. Abbott of Anastopoulo Law Firm LLC.

The Similac Alimentum Baby Formula Class Action Lawsuit is K.S. v. Abbott Laboratories Inc., Case No. 2:22-cv-00571-DCN, in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

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