{"id":30411,"date":"2026-07-30T13:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&p=30411"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:03:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:03:46","slug":"sen-ossoff-urging-fda-to-protect-families-from-baby-formula-contamination","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-urging-fda-to-protect-families-from-baby-formula-contamination\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Urging FDA to Protect Families from Baby Formula Contamination"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C. <\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to protect families from contaminated baby formula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct stronger oversight of baby formula following recent reports of potential contamination in Nara Organics<\/a> and ByHeart<\/a> baby formula products that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned could lead to infant botulism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the CDC’s 2025 Early Childhood Nutrition Report<\/a>, 27% of Georgia\u2019s breastfed infants born in 2022 were fed formula within the first two days of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff previously demanded answers from Nara Organics<\/a> and ByHeart<\/a> following initial reports of contamination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI write to express my concern regarding reports of recent outbreaks of infant botulism. The recalls of ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula and Nara Organics\u2019 Powdered Infant Formula mark two outbreaks within the past year, involving reports of Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium that causes infant botulism. Infant formula is a critical source of nourishment for newborns, regardless of whether the formula is used exclusively or as a supplement,\u201d Sen. Ossoff wrote to Acting FDA Commissioner Kyle Diamantas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery parent wants to ensure that their infants are being fed in a way that is both safe and healthy. As a United States Senator, it is my duty to ensure oversight of the infant formula supply chain is essential to protecting Georgia families,\u201dSen. Ossoff continued.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Ossoff continues working to protect Georgia kids from harmful chemicals and contaminants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This month, Sens. Ossoff and John Cornyn (R-TX)\u00a0introduced<\/a>\u00a0the bipartisan\u00a0No Lead in Toys Act<\/em>\u00a0to help protect children from toxic chemicals in toys after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a February 2026 report<\/a>\u00a0in response to a\u00a02024 inquiry<\/a>\u00a0from Sen. Ossoff into how the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) conducts testing on products intended for children ages 12 and under for potential lead contamination and other safety hazards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last December, Sen. Ossoff urged<\/a> the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to reinstate a grant made to Emory University to research children\u2019s exposure to lead, heavy metals, and other contaminants in West Atlanta following the discovery of dangerously high levels of lead<\/a> in some West Atlanta yards in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last April, Sen. Ossoff demanded answers<\/a> from baby formula producers Abbott Nutrition and Mead Johnson about recent reports of toxic chemicals found in formula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May 2025, during a U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration hearing, Sen. Ossoff pressed<\/a> FDA Commissioner Martin Makary on the safety of infant formula, including the reported firings of scientists within the agency who work to prevent infant formula contamination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to read Sen. Ossoff\u2019s inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Washington, D.C. \u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to protect families from contaminated baby formula. Sen. Ossoff is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct stronger oversight of baby formula following recent reports of potential contamination in Nara Organics and ByHeart baby formula products that the Centers for Disease Control […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30411","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/30411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/30411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30412,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/30411\/revisions\/30412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}