Federal Records Reveal Decades of Missing Infant Formula Death Reports to the FDA

By David Hilzenrath · KFF Health News · 2026-07-02

A KFF Health News investigation found that infant formula giants Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson have rarely, if ever, notified federal regulators of infant deaths linked to their products. Despite thousands of necrotizing enterocolitis fatalities since 2017, the FDA maintai

A KFF Health News investigation found that infant formula giants Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson have rarely, if ever, notified federal regulators of infant deaths linked to their products. Despite thousands of necrotizing enterocolitis fatalities since 2017, the FDA maintai