Avoid using liquid cleaners on infant formula containers to help prevent
contaminating powdered formula inside the container.
In the UK, it seems increasingly to be the case that you are advised to use 70 degrees water to make up feeds to kill off bacteria which can occasionally
contaminate powder formula, OR use liquid ready to feed.
Not exact matches
When
contaminated water is used to reconstitute
powdered baby
formula, serious illness is often the result.
In other cases, Cronobacter might have
contaminated the
powdered infant
formula after it was opened at home or elsewhere during preparation, according to the CDC.
Many
formula cans are lined with a BPA resin and liquid
formula is more readily
contaminated than
powdered.
Also,
powdered infant
formula is less likely to become
contaminated if it stays dry.
When
powdered formula stays dry, it's less likely to get
contaminated.
What Abbott does not tell parents is that its
powdered formula may also be
contaminated with the lethal microorganism Enterobacter sakazakii, which can result in sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis, meningitis and even death.