Infant Formula

On Dec. 12 the FDA issued warning letters to Walmart, Target, Kroger and Albertsons after finding recalled ByHeart infant formula still being sold or present at store level — Target in 20 states, Walmart in 21, Albertsons in 11 and Kroger in 10 — and gave each retailer 15 working days to respond with evidence of corrective actions. Walmart and Albertsons said they removed products and implemented point-of-sale blocks while Target and Kroger were contacted for comment, and AFDO criticized the FDA for not sharing complete product lists with state and local officials until Nov. 14. The enforcement action comes as the CDC has expanded the outbreak definition to all ByHeart formula produced since 2023, which has hospitalized about 51 infants in 19 states, and the FDA said it had not received reports of recalled product on shelves since Nov. 26.