Infant formula is manufactured by companies to help supplement the nutrition for infants and babies. Infant formula is meant to provide the nutritional requirement of infants, and can be given to children up to the age of 6 months or so. After 6 months, most infants go to more solid foods in their nutritional diets. Children as they grow need to ingest a full range of nutrients, which will help them to develop and grow strong and healthy.
Standards for Baby Formula
Most countries have standards for the manufacturing of baby formula. Baby formula needs to contain essential nutrients, to help supplement the nutritional needs of an infant. As the baby formula is manufactured, it needs to contain certain levels of nutrients and supplements, including specific variations of:
- Fats
- Omega 6
- Omega 3
- Protein
- Whey source
- Casein source
- Carbohydrates
- Alternative protein sources (soy milk, amino acids)
- Functional ingredients
- Water
- Essential vitamins
- Calcium
- Potassium
- Chloride
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12
- Vitamin C
- Folic acid
- Iodine
- Copper
- Zinc
- Manganese
- Magnesium
- Phosphorous
- Digestible carbohydrates
- Maltodextrin
- Glucose and sucrose
- Essential amino acids
- Arginine
- Lysine
- Leucine
- Tryptophan
- Isoleucine
- Valine
- Tyrosine
Infant formula that is contaminated is created outside of the standards of care that all formula must pass to be safe for babies to drink. If you have had contaminated baby formula and given it to your baby unaware of the contaminated issues, then you need to call our law office immediately. We will help you initiate a lawsuit on the merits of your claim, with the appropriate parties.
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Baby Formula Can Be Contaminated During the Manufacturing Process
As baby formula is made, it can be contaminated at any stage of the manufacturing process. The manufacturing process to make baby formula can be done with a wet or a dry process. The wet process has many opportunities for contamination to build up in the product, such as in the:
- Microbial count that can grow during heat treatments
- Oils incorporated into the wet processing
- Solubility of the baby formula
- Foreign objects that can fall into the formula at the plant
- Bacteria that can grow on the machines making the baby formula
The dry processing of baby formula uses a different process of manufacturing. This process uses:
- No water to process the food
- Less energy to kill bacteria at lower temperatures
- Raw materials
- No oils but pre-encapsulated only
- Deblending of ingredients before processing
- Foreign objects that can fall into the food during processing
If your child was injured from drinking baby formula that was tainted during the original manufacturing and processing of the formula, then call our law office today.
The Heat Treatment System to Evaporate Infant Formula Can Cause Contamination
When the baby formula is heat treated in the manufacturing plant, there can also be bacteria, microbes or other issues that occur to contaminate the baby formula during processing. The baby formula plant needs to be careful to monitor the baby formula being made, to prevent sensitive ingredients from being contaminated during the manufacturing process. Contamination can occur at any state of the heat treatment system, including during the:
- Culinary steam injection
- Heat transfers
- Vapor separation processes
- Vapor recompression stage
- Thermal vapor recompression stage
- Product holding times
- Blending oils and fats into the baby formula
- Drying of the baby formula during the manufacturing process
- Air filtration processing in the plant
- Fluid bed drying and cooling
- Non-hygienic zones during baby formula processing
- Fluid handling and mixing of baby formula ingredients and components
- Heat treatment and aseptic processing systems
- Packing of the product
- Storage conditions in the plant (shelf life of the product)
If your infant was injured from drinking contaminated baby formula, call our legal team today.
Baby Formula Manufacturing Has Inherent Problems with Contamination in Powder and Liquid Blending Systems
When baby formula is processed, there are many ways that poisoning or contaminants can get into the baby formula itself. These issues can occur in the manufacturing process, when the formula is mixed and premixed. The contaminants occur when baby formula:
- Add powders that are cohesive and lump/clump together
- Have long processing times that can introduce bacteria to the system
- Have long homogenization times
- Are unhygienic in the making of the baby formula
- Have issues with temperature control an bacteria contamination in the premixing of ingredients
- Escherichia coli contaminants
- Salmonella spp contaminants
- Staphylococcus aureus contaminants
- Clostridium perfringens contaminants
- Singella ssp contaminants
- Campylobacter ssp contaminants
- Clostridium botulinum contaminants
In the case that your child was harmed from contaminants in baby formula ingested by the child, you can call our office to discuss your claim.
Infants Can Be Harmed by Contaminants in Poisoned Baby Formula
Infants can be seriously injured by mycotoxins and poisons that can be in baby formula. Mycotoxins are fungi that are dangerous to humans, and can contaminate foods that they have contact with in the manufacturing process. When an infant ingests a mycotoxin, it will affect the infant’s:
- Central nervous system
- Immune system
- Reproductive system
- Digestive system
- Vital organs
Sometimes these contaminants are deadly to an infant, if they are ingested by the infant. An infant who is poisoned by baby formula can develop many toxic and biological effects from ingesting contaminants, including:
- Hepatoxicity carcinogenicity
- Nephrotoxicity
- Vomiting
- Edema
- Neurotoxicity
If your infant has been poisoned by tainted baby formula, you need to give our law office a call straight away. We can help you with initiating a lawsuit on the merits of your claim.
Child Death Due to Toxic Baby Formula – Sold
There are many instances where a child dies from the toxic baby formula that was ingested by the baby. When this happens, you need to call our attorneys at the Normandie Law Firm. You need to be aligned with attorneys who specialize in the claim of baby formula poisoning. Call today to talk to our legal team and a lawyer with a specialty in baby formula poisoning.
Defective Product Claim for Baby Formula
When you call our Los Angeles case lawyers at the Normandie Law Firm, you can file a lawsuit regarding your incident related to baby formula poisoning. We are here to talk to you, and can tell you the next steps towards getting the recovery compensation you need in this claim.
Can I Sue for Baby Formula Poisoning?
Yes, you can sue for baby formula poisoning of your baby from eating contaminated baby formula. We are here to discuss your case with you, and you can talk to a lawyer in our office when you make the call. It is the benefit of your case to discuss it with us, and go over the details with our attorneys. You definitely need an attorney with a high level of expertise in managing and winning cases related to baby formula poisoning.
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