Gerber Recall: Good Start Gentle Infant Formula Recalled By FDA For Bad Odor

Gerber Products Company announced that it is recalling a batch of Good Start Gentle Powdered Infant Formula because of foul odor complaints.

The FDA said in a statement: "The product poses no health or safety risk. However, this product might have an off-odor noticeable to some consumers. In some cases spit-up and other gastrointestinal complaints have been reported."

Consumers who purchased the infant formula from batch GXP1684 (this photo illustrates where to find the code) can contact the Gerber Parents Resource Center at 1-800-487-7763 for a replacement. Gerber is also actively trying to remove the rest of the batch from shelves that have not yet been sold.

The FDA clarified that no other Gerber products are involved in the recall.

This recall comes after another recent formula scare. Walmart pulled Enfamil from their shelves in December 2011 after an infant who was given the formula became ill and died, but further investigation determined there was no link between Enfamil and the death. Thankfully, no sickness or fatalities have been reported with the Gerber recall as of yet.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article stated that Enfamil was recalled in December. It was not recalled, only pulled from shelves.

Comments

[Ayaana Maat]

12:29 AM on 08/22/2012

And Breastfeeding Moms are getting harassed for feeding publicly nursing their children but these big "boobs" are allowed to poison them consistently.

[Scott Weiner]

01:32 AM on 03/14/2012

Its recalled but it poses no risk to safety then why was it recalled.

Why is there an odor that is worse than the regular stinky odor?

Why is affecting babies.

Thank your local lobbiest today.

[Becky Higdon]

12:35 AM on 03/14/2012

This really gives me pause. My youngest has had (not any longer) really insane spitting up and gas while on this DOCTOR-RECOMMENDED formula. He's okay and everything, but that I was giving him those problems due to the milk I fed him? SMH

Also, formula smells horrible. My Jack Russell thinks it is delicious. Off of the floor.

[bngd]

04:57 AM on 03/14/2012

Same here. After three days I stopped using it. It's a common complaint from this formula.

[coachnelly]

08:56 AM on 03/14/2012

My baby spit up breast milk and my baby spit up formula. I think some babies are just more prone to spitting it all up, regardless of what it is. We didn't have a spit up rag, we had a spit up blanket draped over us when we burped her.

And my Jack Russell/dachshund mix? She liked the spit up too. Gross. And now that baby girl has learned to drop food off of her plate - it's going downhill in my house fast....

[Kate Ragas]

12:23 AM on 03/14/2012

I've never smelled a formula that didn't make me want to vomit...

[stape45]

12:07 AM on 03/14/2012

America's food should always come with a caution label:
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WARNING! FDA APPROVED.

[RationalityPlease]

07:10 AM on 03/14/2012

I'd amend that to:

WARNING! Manufactured in a facility OSHA may be able to afford to next inspect in 136 years.
Largely Dismantled, Underfunded, and Wholly-Corporate Owned FDA APPROVAL granted based solely on Corporate-Supplied "research".